PS/2 Mouse not detected on Compaq Presario 1800T

[Carroll Grigsby]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Peter Garrett wrote:
> 
> 
>>First, if it's a two button mouse, using the middle button features of
>>Linux will be a pain (you have to click both the buttons simultaneously).
> 
> 
> Depends on your dexterity, I guess.  I've never had a problem.
> 
>>So... I would suggest you pick up a USB mouse with a scroll button (which
>>will also act as a clickable middle button) . 
> 
> 
> Doh!!!!  I've been using mice with scroll wheels for years, and _never_ knew
> that just clicking on the wheel functioned as button-3.  In fact, on XP or
> Linux, I've never figured out much use for that wheel at all.  It's useful
> on long web pages, and that's about it.
> 
> Thanks for the tip - never mind that I don't have trouble clicking left &
> right buttons simultaneously, I'm going to learn to click the wheel!

Well, since this thread seems to have changed direction already... One 
of the neat things about the KDE desktop is that depressing the CTRL key 
and rotating the wheel changes the font size. (I'm running Gnome now, so 
I use the CTRL and the +/- keys to do the same thing.)
-- cmg