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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