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Old 02-18-2008, 08:01 PM
Peter
 
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Default Wheel Mouse success

PMFJI, but I recently loaded SL9.1 and immediately found that my M$
Intellimouse USB/PS2 Trackball wheel did not work right. When used, it
would scroll within the document or page, but not use the scroll bars which
I expected. I applied the Mandrake 9.1 settings I had, but they did not
work.

I was able to correct the problem with the following code in XF86Config.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
#Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

FWIW, In Mandrake, I had uncommented the Buttons 7 and the ZAxisMapping was
6 7. Go figure.

A good reference I used was at the Xfree86 site:

http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse5.html and
http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse6.html

Regards
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Old 02-18-2008, 08:08 PM
blizeach
 
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Default Re: Wheel Mouse success

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:47:39 -0500, Peter wrote:

> PMFJI, but I recently loaded SL9.1 and immediately found that my M$
> Intellimouse USB/PS2 Trackball wheel did not work right. When used, it
> would scroll within the document or page, but not use the scroll bars which
> I expected. I applied the Mandrake 9.1 settings I had, but they did not
> work.
>
> I was able to correct the problem with the following code in XF86Config.
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> #Option "Buttons" "7"
> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> FWIW, In Mandrake, I had uncommented the Buttons 7 and the ZAxisMapping was
> 6 7. Go figure.
>
> A good reference I used was at the Xfree86 site:
>
> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse5.html and
> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse6.html
>
> Regards

Hey man this worked great. I'm running slack 9.0.
Thanks
Dave
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Old 02-18-2008, 08:08 PM
blizeach
 
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:47:39 -0500, Peter wrote:

> PMFJI, but I recently loaded SL9.1 and immediately found that my M$
> Intellimouse USB/PS2 Trackball wheel did not work right. When used, it
> would scroll within the document or page, but not use the scroll bars which
> I expected. I applied the Mandrake 9.1 settings I had, but they did not
> work.
>
> I was able to correct the problem with the following code in XF86Config.
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> #Option "Buttons" "7"
> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> FWIW, In Mandrake, I had uncommented the Buttons 7 and the ZAxisMapping was
> 6 7. Go figure.
>
> A good reference I used was at the Xfree86 site:
>
> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse5.html and
> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse6.html
>
> Regards

Hey man this worked great thanks. I'm running slack 9.0
loob the noob
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Old 02-18-2008, 08:08 PM
Roscoe
 
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blizeach wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:47:39 -0500, Peter wrote:
>
>> PMFJI, but I recently loaded SL9.1 and immediately found that my M$
>> Intellimouse USB/PS2 Trackball wheel did not work right. When used, it
>> would scroll within the document or page, but not use the scroll bars
>> which
>> I expected. I applied the Mandrake 9.1 settings I had, but they did not
>> work.
>>
>> I was able to correct the problem with the following code in XF86Config.
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "Mouse1"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> #Option "Buttons" "7"
>> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> EndSection
>>
>> FWIW, In Mandrake, I had uncommented the Buttons 7 and the ZAxisMapping
>> was
>> 6 7. Go figure.
>>
>> A good reference I used was at the Xfree86 site:
>>
>> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse5.html and
>> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse6.html
>>
>> Regards

> Hey man this worked great. I'm running slack 9.0.
> Thanks
> Dave


Sure it works great in X. Try ctrl+alt+f1 to a console and see what happens
when you move your mouse.


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Old 02-18-2008, 08:09 PM
Richard Adams
 
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:36:49 -0800, Roscoe wrote:

> Sure it works great in X. Try ctrl+alt+f1 to a console and see what happens
> when you move your mouse.


Just what does yours do then.??
If you get eriatic movement then YOU have "misconfigured your mouse".
You sir should go back to start do not collect 200 $ and possably go to
jail untill you configure your system properly and futher more dont even
think that because it does not work for you it wont work for others period.

Mine works ok in X and console when switching between one and another,
logitec optic mouse.
X;
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Corepointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

gpm is started with;
/usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2

Now its your turn..

--
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


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Old 02-18-2008, 08:11 PM
David
 
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:36:49 -0800, Roscoe wrote:

> blizeach wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:47:39 -0500, Peter wrote:
>>
>>> PMFJI, but I recently loaded SL9.1 and immediately found that my M$
>>> Intellimouse USB/PS2 Trackball wheel did not work right. When used, it
>>> would scroll within the document or page, but not use the scroll bars
>>> which
>>> I expected. I applied the Mandrake 9.1 settings I had, but they did not
>>> work.
>>>
>>> I was able to correct the problem with the following code in XF86Config.
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Mouse1"
>>> Driver "mouse"
>>> #Option "Buttons" "7"
>>> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> FWIW, In Mandrake, I had uncommented the Buttons 7 and the ZAxisMapping
>>> was
>>> 6 7. Go figure.
>>>
>>> A good reference I used was at the Xfree86 site:
>>>
>>> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse5.html and
>>> http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/mouse6.html
>>>
>>> Regards

>> Hey man this worked great. I'm running slack 9.0.
>> Thanks
>> Dave

>
> Sure it works great in X. Try ctrl+alt+f1 to a console and see what happens
> when you move your mouse.


Mine too. Same mouse matterafactly.
blizeach
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Old 02-18-2008, 08:11 PM
Roscoe
 
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Richard Adams wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:36:49 -0800, Roscoe wrote:
>
>> Sure it works great in X. Try ctrl+alt+f1 to a console and see what
>> happens when you move your mouse.

>
> Just what does yours do then.??
> If you get eriatic movement then YOU have "misconfigured your mouse".
> You sir should go back to start do not collect 200 $ and possably go to
> jail untill you configure your system properly and futher more dont even
> think that because it does not work for you it wont work for others
> period.
>
> Mine works ok in X and console when switching between one and another,
> logitec optic mouse.
> X;
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Corepointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Buttons" "5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> gpm is started with;
> /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2
>
> Now its your turn..
>


You fixed my problem. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Works
fine now, mouse would behave erratically when in console, but worked fine
in X. Thanks again!
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Old 02-18-2008, 08:14 PM
Richard Adams
 
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:45:44 -0800, Roscoe wrote:

> You fixed my problem. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Works
> fine now, mouse would behave erratically when in console, but worked fine
> in X. Thanks again!


No you fixed your own problem, you complained that it did not work for
you, i only gave an example because i've been there as well and had that
done thing happen to me, i must admit, i did find it amusing to see my
mouse pointer flying all over the place tho'.

--
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


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