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Re: USB mouse: mouse wheel not working



On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 08:03, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> I'm running unstable.  I'm very fond of "dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xfree86" as it is very easy to get a working X11
> configuration with this.  Alas, this time it didn't work too well:
> the mouse wheel for my USB mouse is not working.
> 
> Here is what's in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 regarding mice:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"Default Layout"
> 	Screen		"Default Screen"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Running xev shows me that the X server never sees any mouse-4 or
> mouse-5 events from turning the wheel.  (It doesn't see any events at
> all, in fact.)
> 
> One week ago, on my old laptop, I had the very same USB mouse working
> well.  However, I was running another kernel at that time, and I
> can't be 100% sure that the XF86Config file was exactly the same.
> I'd be willing to bet a Pizza, though, that it was the same ;-)
> 
> Note that the mouse works, and the wheel functions as a mouse button,
> but turning the wheel does nothing.
> 
> What can I do to diagnose the problem?
> 
> Kai
Ty adding:

      Option          "Buttons"               "5"

at the end of Section "InputDevice"

Kenneth




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