Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-19
After the X server has been up for some random amount of time the scroll
wheel mapping on my two-wheel mouse (Trust AmiTrack trackball configured
using ExplorerPS2 protocol - same thing happens using IMPS2) goes to cock.
The vertical wheel becomes a horizontal wheel and the horizontal wheel
becomes a double-spacing horizontal wheel.
This often, but not invariably, happens when scrolling a page in the
browser that has not fully loaded and the browser is chugging while it
loads and not responding immediately to scroll events.
Sometimes it happens after X has been up only a few minutes. Sometimes
it takes several days at the same level of activity before it happens.
The only cure is to restart X - and with it all the applications -
major PITA. Restarting gpm, or unplugging and replugging the mouse,
does nothing.
When it happens the following message appears in Xorg.0.log:
(II) Mouse autoprobe: Disabling secondary wheel
xorg.conf mouse section reads:
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
# Option "Protocol" "auto"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7 5 4"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
EndSection
As you can see I have tried various protocol options, and have tried
reading direct vs. reading via gpm -Rraw; with the latter I have tried
the same protocol options in gpm. The behaviour is the same in all
cases. I still get the "autoprobe" log message even when not using
"Protocol" "auto".
Mouse uses PS/2 port, kernel is custom 2.6.10.
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