Re: new to the list - XFree86 on Woody problems

[Frank Zimmermann <F.Zimmermann@bham.ac.uk>]

> Hi
>
> I'm new to the list and am having problems with the XFree86 set up 
> in Woody. I recently upgraded from Potato to Woody and have also 
> grabbed the KDE2.2 packages from Sid but I'm having trouble getting 
> the x-server up and running.
>
> I have been configuring via dpkg-reconfigure x-server-xfree86 this 
> seems to want to put my mouse as /dev/input/mice which is not 
> appropriate for my standard PS/2 microsoft wheelmouse.
>
> I edited XF86Config-4 by hand and the mouse section now reads:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Mouse0"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"Device"	"/dev/psaux"
> 	Option		"Protocol"	"PS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> EndSection

You don't want to emulate a third button, you already have 3 buttons. 
You can also set the zaxis mapping to use the scroll options of your 
mouse.


> any idea what might be causing this?
>
> Rachel

Frank
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