[techtalk] mouse problem
Hi! I have a classic Logitech 3-button PS/2 mouse, no wheels or anything, and I can't get the middle button to work under linux. Can anyone help me? It's my work machine so I don't want to experiment too much with it as someone would probably start saying that I'd be more effective with NT. It's a standard up-to-date Debian Potato system. The thing is that I'm not sure which protocol to use, thought it was ps/2 but when I choose that the mouse just freezes. Now it's using some Microsoft mouse protocol and works fine except that I have to use Emulate 3 buttons to paste. (Have configured it with XF86Setup). My work includes a lot of pasting on the command line so I'd really want to fix this before anything dreadful happens. Loads of thanks in advance! Lotta ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] mouse problem
Lotta Loytonen: > I have a classic Logitech 3-button PS/2 mouse, no wheels or anything, Nice mouse! :) > and I can't get the middle button to work under linux. Can anyone help > me? It's my work machine so I don't want to experiment too much with > it as someone would probably start saying that I'd be more effective > with NT. It's a standard up-to-date Debian Potato system. The > thing is that I'm not sure which protocol to use, thought it was ps/2 > but when I choose that the mouse just freezes. Now it's using some > Microsoft mouse protocol and works fine except that I have to use > Emulate 3 buttons to paste. (Have configured it with XF86Setup). My > work includes a lot of pasting on the command line so I'd really want > to fix this before anything dreadful happens. Loads of thanks in > advance! I have a similar one at home, and I use the MouseMan protocol. Works very well, if you ask me :) (Though sometimes I paste a bit too much...) Magni :) -- ulimit is good for you. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] *nix comparisons
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 06:08:41PM -0400 or thereabouts, Susannah D. Rosenberg wrote: > Telsa Gwynne wrote: > > > > One of the *BSD people was explaining the updating process to me > > at LinuxTag. What has long put me off is the same reason I keep > > delaying Debian: you either wait for a new CD or you do big upgrades > > over the net via CVS checkout. I have a titchy modem. Apparently > > this is ameliorated for at least the BSD flavour he was talking > > about (which I forget) by periodic (daily?) deltas being made of > > the CVS differences so you can grab those, which is apparently faster. > > but *BSD tends in general to update things like the kernel far less than > Linux; the reasons why come down to design Ah, fair point :) > philosophy and what the BSD kernels are attempting to do (the initial > 4.2 BSD-Lite was basically released to provide the world with a free, > open-source, stable BSD codebase). maybe two releases a year or so (this > is part of why the BSDs tend to be more secure than Linux); other than > that, you really only need to update/download software that you use a > /lot/ or that you care to keep current, and security fixes -- which is > really no different than what you'd be doing on a Linux. there aren't > daily/weekly/monthly kernel releases that you need to keep up with, and Heh. I only ever upgrade kernels if there is a security fix or some feature or driver I have been desperately waiting for; I have also got past the "grab every update" stage and am now in the "does it fix something I care about?" stage. Life is much more peaceful this way :) > the ports collection works fine for most of the rest. (you can also get > CDs with 'snapshots' of the ports and packages collections on them, if > you really need a certain piece of software). Handy. > as someone who's used both *BSD and Linux, i'd say that linux is > actually harder to keep up with if you want a bleeding-edge-current > release. (ie, installing every single new kernel release as it comes > out). cvs-upping can be a pain, but it's a very infrequent pain and not > as bad as downloading new kernels over a titchy modem. :) Interesting. Well, I have a spare disk. So maybe one day.. :) > administate the box. getting over expecting the first ethernet device to > be /dev/eth0 and then finding out it could be something like /dev/cp0 or > /dev/en0 or /dev/ne1k depending on your NIC can be very disconcerting. > ditto fixed and removeable drives. Eep. I would not have figured that one out, I suspect :) > i'm suprised no one seems to have brought up Solaris x86. the last time > i gave it a try i decided it was really primitive, but apparently the > recent versions have improved greatly. anyone have any (recent) > experience with it? Last time I used a Sun was when I met sunview for the first time. It is remotely possible I may be somewhat out of date... :) (Yes, this is about nine years ago :)) Telsa ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Julie Meloni wrote: > As far as "faster & more efficient" from a technological standpoint, > it's six of one (half dozen of the other). In my completely > unscientific internal benchmarking, they're equal in speed, within a few > microseconds here and there, and I don't count that. (Concurrent users, > single users, etc etcboth equal). > > As far as "faster & more efficient" from a coding standpoint, it depends > on who's doing the coding. If your group of programmers consists of > Java developers, then let them make servlets if that's what they're > comfortable creating. If your group of programmers consists of > programmers who are PHP developers, let them do PHP. If your group of > programmers haven't actually ever programmed anything before, and are > picking a language to start with, the learning curve for PHP is a heck > of a lot faster to get around than the learning curve for Java. > Julie, Thanks for the input. Since the team of developers is at this time um... me and me alone, I think I'll be sticking with Java for the time being, since I have some familiarity with it and there is no distinct advantage to one or the other. -- Becky ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Servlets vs. PHP
> Thanks for the input. Since the team of developers is at this time um... > me and me alone, I think I'll be sticking with Java for the time being, > since I have some familiarity with it and there is no distinct advantage > to one or the other. Becky, Although i am a web specialist i stayed out of this thread because by the time i read it everyone had already said exacly what i would have - no sense in being redundant. Anyway, i don't know where *you're* located, but i know a ton of web developers here in the Washington, DC area and a hell of a lot more of us know Java than PHP - so from a labor standpoint your decision makes sense to me :). ~Christian » Christian MacAuley » [EMAIL PROTECTED] » http://jellspace.net ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk