Re: wheel mouse wheel not working
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 16:47, Vikki Roemer wrote:
> Hi!
> I've been using Debian for about a week now, and during that time I've
> been trying to get my mouse to work properly, but I can't.
>
> I have a PS/2 Microsoft Wheel Mouse. Since it's possible to click with
> the wheel button as well as scroll, I was hoping I could use it as a
> third button as well as a scroll wheel. However, I can't even get the
> wheel to even scroll, much less click.
>
> I downloaded and installed IMWheel, and followed the instuctions, but it
> still doesn't work. I've also read everything I can find about
> configuring mice, but nothing has been helpful. Maybe I'm just not
> understanding the instructions? (This is all pretty heavy-duty for
> someone who just came from Windows 9x (but it's worth it), so it's
> highly likely that I'm just misunderstanding most of the manuals.)
Hello and welcome to Debian! It's a little tough in the beginning, but
it does eventually get easier as you understand how to work with the
whole process and configuration of things.
You might post your XF86Config-4 with the exact input section that your
mouse is in. That helps a lot.
With a wheel mouse, you don't need any of the emulate 3 mouse buttons
(since you have 3 mouse buttons). Also, to get scrolling, you will want
to add a line like:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Which reminds me... what version of XFree86 are you using? I'm using
4.1. Here is my mouse section for my USB mouse:
###############################################
# USB Mouse
###############################################
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USBMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" #change for PS/2
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
HTH,
Jeremy
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