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3.11. My mouse has a fancy wheel and buttons. Can I use them in FreeBSD?

The answer is, unfortunately, ``It depends.'' These mice with additional features require specialized driver in most cases. Unless the mouse device driver or the user program has specific support for the mouse, it will act just like a standard two, or three button mouse.

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Hardware compatibility : My mouse has a fancy wheel and buttons. Can I use them in FreeBSD?
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