Re: wheel mouse (revisisted)
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:03:18 +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am aware that this is/must-be a FAQ, but I keep getting conflicting or incomplete answers from web searches.
>
>I want to run an old/early MS wheel mouse on a Debian Woody system. Could someone point me at an URL they have found gave them correct
information as to how to set this up under X so the wheel and all three buttons work
>
>I am reading the you use/don't use imwheel, that you set/don't set the X, Y and Z axis, that you use Intellimouse, PS/2 ImPS/2 and/or MouseMan
protocols. I know it cant all be right
>
>I would be happy to stay with my 3 button Logitech, but my wife wants access to windows and the wheel mouse, so I guess it is just easier in the long run
to get her wheel mouse to work for me under X.
>
>I am probably not seeing the wood for the trees, or getting half answers, but I seem to be getting a non-moving cursor, or one that bolts to the edge of the
screen and stays there. It is unquestionably me being dense, but if I could just be referred to a *complete* explanation, I would be so grateful.
>
>What I have at the moment is;
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Buttons" "5"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
Keith I had exactly the same problem with a Logitech optical wheel mouse
and the same settings you have.
No matter what I did the mouse would jump back to the lower left corner
at the slightest backward movement and mouse clicks were very flakey.
First I found out that a _ball_ wheel mouse was rock solid.
But then I changed the line in XF86Config-4 from
Option "Protocol" "imps2"
to
Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
and it's been fine ever since.
I have read some articles about the fact that some mice are just plain flakey
and you have to play around with other drivers other than the one that _should_ work.
Other articles have said that MouseManPlusPS/2 frequently works to correct
these problems.
I don't think capitization matters in XF86Config-4 but my spelling above is exactly
what works in my machine.
Hope this helps - it was quite a frustrating problem for me.
Larry Alkoff
Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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