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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Symptom:
Using the usual tools to configure the mouse for left-hand use does not seem to work for the mouse.

Solution:

The XFree86 configuration tools will configure a USB mouse regardless of whether there is one or not. Mouse configuration is defined in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config, in the section "ServerLayout". One of the mice is marked as a "CorePointer" while the other is marked as "AlwaysCore"

If configuring the mouse for left-hand use does not work with the usual tools, switch the options "CorePointer" and "AlwaysCore" between the devices.

For example:

InputDevice "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "CorePointer

to

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"