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vees

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Posted: Dec. 16 2005,13:57

Hi,

I am new to DSL and I have noticed that the "regular" cut and paste of GNU/Linux (i.e. to block and press two mouse buttons) does not work with DSL. Only the less practical (in particular for working in a terminal) ctrl+c/ctrl-x ctrl+v combination seems to work.

Any ideas how to make the regular cut and paste work?

Thanks

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Posted: Dec. 16 2005,16:18

Ah but two button mouse cut and paste does work in DSL.
If you only have a two button mouse then must specify that.
Running xsetup and keep advancing screens to the mouse selection it will come to a 2 or 3 button choice. Not doing this assumes the default of a three button mouse.

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Posted: Dec. 16 2005,17:51

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 16 2005,11:18)

Tried that but it did not work. BTW - I have a Dell two botton+wheel mouse which works fine with Debian Sarge, Knoppix and even Mandrake. dmeg finds "mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice"

any other ideas?

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Posted: Dec. 16 2005,19:33

What happens when you try shift+insert to paste?
What do you get from the command "cat .xserverrc"?

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Posted: Dec. 16 2005,19:51

Typically on a wheel mouse the wheel is the third button and can be used to paste, i.e., Microsoft wheel mouse.
I have both. Two button only mouse which works, as well at a wheel mouse which works by pressing the wheel.

Stating other distros is not helpful, they don't run Tiny X server.
Stating your particular hardware and config file, i.e., .xserverc will be more helpful for other to try to help you.

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