My mouse wheel is not working in Slackware 10.2. The strange thing is
that the wheel _does_ work as a third button -- when I click my Xfce
desktop using the scroll wheel it gives me a menu of Workspaces as it
should -- but when I try scrolling the wheel up or down in Firefox, or
in Gaim, or in a file manager window, nothing happens.

After searching the web I thought I found the solution. I changed the
mouse section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file like so:

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# I added the following 2 lines:
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

After rebooting X11, the scroll wheel still didn't work. I tried
rebooting my PC... still didn't work. The above fix seemed to work for
most people on the net. What am I doing wrong?

I'm using a Genius optical PS/2 mouse. Thanks for any help. :-)

- Alex.

Alex wrote:
> My mouse wheel is not working in Slackware 10.2. The strange thing is
> that the wheel _does_ work as a third button -- when I click my Xfce
> desktop using the scroll wheel it gives me a menu of Workspaces as it
> should -- but when I try scrolling the wheel up or down in Firefox, or
> in Gaim, or in a file manager window, nothing happens.
>
> After searching the web I thought I found the solution. I changed the
> mouse section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file like so:
>
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
"IMPS/2"


> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> # I added the following 2 lines:
> Option "Buttons" "5"

I dot not have this option. Maybe it is optional or the default is 5.

Olive

>> Option "Buttons" "5"
> I dot not have this option. Maybe it is optional or the default is 5.

I just tried commenting out that line and rebooting X, but the scroll
wheel still doesn't work. :-/

- Alex.

Alex wrote:
>>> Option "Buttons" "5"
>>
>>I dot not have this option. Maybe it is optional or the default is 5.
>
>
> I just tried commenting out that line and rebooting X, but the scroll
> wheel still doesn't work. :-/
>
> - Alex.
>

Have you also changed the following option? (this is important; the
Buttons option won't probably harm anyway).

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Olive

> Have you also changed the following option? (this is important; the
> Buttons option won't probably harm anyway).
>
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Great, it works now! Thanks for the help.

- Alex.

olive wrote:

The answer to the 'wheel mouse' problem is in the FAQ.
See: http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/fa...c/cache/1.html

--
Two Ravens
"...hit the squirrel..."

On 2006-01-26, Alex <walsh.alexander@gmail.com> wrote:
> My mouse wheel is not working in Slackware 10.2.

Smash it with a hammer.


--

This is my tag line, how ya like it?

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:44:51 -0800, Alex wrote:

> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

Change the above line to read: "IMPS/2" instead of "PS/2".

--
If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
Linux Registered User #327951

Option "Protocol" "any"