Re: Turning off the %^&* scroll wheel
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On Friday 22 June 2007, Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com> was
heard to say:
> > ==========
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "CorePointer"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
> > Driver "synaptics"
> > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
> > EndSection
> > =============
> Which of these two is actually used in the 'ServerLayout' section?
==============
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
==============
Ah... both. :^)
> Or if both are there (as they are for my laptop) you could try
> commenting one out to see which is actually defining the wheel.
> Then edit the conf file to change the 'Option "Protocol"' for that
> device to be some other descriptor.
I'll give it a shot and get back to the list.
> Another thought, based on output from 'gpm -t help', the imps name
> is not listed, but imps2 is.
Yes, I meant imps2, I was running from memory. Organic compression is
lossy.
However, this is interesting:
# ps aux | grep gpm
root 2704 0.0 0.0 1720 276 ? Ss Jun20
0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2
# gpm -t help | grep exps2
exps2 (ExplorerPS/2) - IntelliMouse Explorer (ps2) - 3 buttons (wheel
is repeated).
So gpm is being started with an option that lists an explicit wheel.
However, changing this to ps2 and other things with "dpkg-reconfigure
gpm" made no difference in X, however, it did make the mouse stop
working on the console. So obviously it's something specifically to
do with the X configuration.
The console shows no indication that the area of the touchpad that is
acting as a scroll wheel under X is any different from the rest of
the pad, another indication to me that it's something explicitly to
do with X.
> Though the names are from gpm they should match names used by X11,
> since the two have to (and do in my experience) work together.
Yes, well, one of the things I tried was "synps2" with gpm for the
Synaptics touch pad, and that didn't work in the console at all. X
kept right on working through it all, with the wheel.
As I said, let me mess with the xorg.conf a few times, maybe in the
morning, since right now I don't want to restart X a dozen times
trying things out.
Curt-
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