Choose the correct mouse type for your system. If you cannot find an
exact match, choose a mouse type that you are sure is compatible with
your system (see Figure 3-3).
To determine your mouse's interface, follow the mouse cable back to
where it plugs into your system. If the connector at the end of the
mouse cable plugs into a rectangular connector, you have a serial mouse;
if the connector is round, you have a PS/2 mouse. If you are
installing Red Hat Linux on a laptop computer, in most cases the pointing device
will be PS/2 compatible.
If you cannot find a mouse that you are sure is compatible with your
system, select one of the Generic entries, based on
your mouse's number of buttons, and its interface.
If you have a PS/2 or a bus mouse, you do not need to pick a port and
device. If you have a serial mouse, you should choose the correct port
and device that your serial mouse is on.
The Emulate 3 Buttons checkbox allows you to use a
two-button mouse as if it had three buttons. In general, the X Window
System is easier to use with a three-button mouse. If you select this
checkbox, you can emulate a third, "middle" button by pressing both
mouse buttons simultaneously.
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| | To change your mouse configuration after you have completed the
installation of Red Hat Linux, become root; then use the
/usr/sbin/mouseconfig command from a shell prompt.
To configure your mouse to work as a left-handed mouse, reset the
order of the mouse buttons. To do this, after you have booted your
Red Hat Linux system, type gpm -B 321 at the shell prompt.
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