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

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