I can only hope that mouse configuration will improve as much as
video has, otherwise I may have to shoot myself if I ever need
to configure another mouse...

I can only hope that mouse configuration will improve as much as
video has, otherwise I may have to shoot myself if I ever need
to configure another mouse...

I saw one or two GUI programs that are supposed to help configure mice...
but not part of FC3 itself. I didnt look into them much and they may be no
different than the one thats already available. Since Im still new to this
I was hoping there was some way to configure what each button is supposed
to do if using more than 2.

I can only hope that mouse configuration will improve as much as
video has, otherwise I may have to shoot myself if I ever need
to configure another mouse...

I saw one or two GUI programs that are supposed to help configure
mice... but not part of FC3 itself. I didnt look into them much and
they may be no different than the one thats already available. Since
Im still new to this I was hoping there was some way to configure
what each button is supposed to do if using more than 2.

I'm sure there is, just not all in one place :-). The
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file is where you go to get the mouse working at
all (this is the deep voodoo part). If you get through that, then
xmodmap can re-number the buttons so the one you want to be 1 is 1,
etc.

That just gets X events to show up (you can use xev to see what
button on your mouse looks like what button to X). Making the buttons
do something then depends on what you want them to do. I wanted
a drag-lock button, and that is implemented at the xorg.conf level,
so is the mouse wheel support, but other things would be done by
your window manager or desktop environment (launching mail when a
button is pressed, etc). Naturally, the configuration of that
stuff is different for every desktop :-).