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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Is there some way to tell Xvesa that you have 
> a 2-button rather than 3-button PS2 mouse?

Use the -2button parameter.
 
> On the 486 laptop we are using for BL3, with 1MB video RAM, 
> that does 16M colors in DOS, Xvesa only finds 4 colors 

Is that what it shows when you do:  Xvesa -listmodes  

> I tried modifying Xconfig to 2-bit color but it won't 
> boot that way.

Try the exact modes listed in:  Xvesa -listmodes

> So Xvesa appears to expect a 3-button PS/2 mouse by default.

I think that is the case.

> Is there some way other than Xconfig to specify a 2-button 
> mouse for Xvesa?

Have a look at /usr/X11R6/bin/startx.  It simply takes
the values in /etc/Xconfig and uses them as parameters 
for Xvesa.

> Also experimenting with gpm mouse in CLI, 

BL1 came with gpm and had a wee configuration script
for it.

> GPM can be used to cut and paste between VTs of splitvt 
> I don't see a way to specify 3 or 2 button :

gpm has a -2 parameter and a -3 parameter.
However, they shouldn't be necessary.  gpm normally
starts in  2 button mode, but when you press the middle
button (if present) it switches to 3 button mode.

> Maybe links can somehow view local files 

links .

> and cut and paste between them.

You can cut from a file displayed by links, but
there is no capability to paste into a file displayed
by links.  For pasting you open the file in an editor.

Cheers,
Steven

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