mouse wheel problem

Ed Stover estover at nativenerds.com
Thu Sep 1 10:31:00 PDT 2005


On Thu, September 1, 2005 10:38 am, Dave McCammon wrote:
>
>
> --- Alejandro Pulver <alejandro at varnet.biz> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:57:18 -0500
>> "Efren Bravo" <efrenba at dhl.co.cu> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've written on /etc/rc.conf :
>> >
>> > moused_port="/dev/psm0"
>> > moused_flags="-r high -z 4"
>> > moused_type="auto"
>> > moused_enable="YES"
>> >
>> > and on /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> >
>> > Section "InputDevice"
>> >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>> >         Driver      "mouse"
>> >         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>> >         Option      "Buttons" "5"
>> >         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> > EndSection
>> >
>> > But the scrollwheel doesn't work. I've tried with
>> Kde's
>> > Applications.
>> > Have I a bad configuration?
>> >
>> > Thanks...
>> >
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> It works for me without the "ZAxisMapping" option
>> (and the same
>> options in rc.conf):
>>
>>     Identifier	"Mouse1"
>>     Driver	"mouse"
>>     Option	"Protocol"	"Auto"
>>     Option	"Device"	"/dev/sysmouse"
>>     Option	"Buttons"	"5"
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Ale
>
> I had a heck of a time getting my wheel to work in
> RELENG_6. Eventually, starting moused with setting in
> rc.conf(below) and turning off Emulate3Buttons (had to
> put line in with the "false". commenting out didn't
> work) and adding the "Buttons" line worked. The
> instructions out of the handbook didn't work this
> time.
>
> xorg.conf sections--
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # Identifier and driver
>
>     Identifier  "Mouse1"
>      Driver     "mouse"
>      Option "Protocol"    "auto"
>      Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
>
>     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
>    Option "Buttons" "5"
>
> EndSection
>
> rc.conf---
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_type="auto"
> moused_flags="-z 4"
>
> excerpt from dmesg--
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
>
> (It is a Logitech optic mouse.Two button with Wheel)
>
>

Yeah , this one time at band camp, I had a brand new mouse with a wheel
and for the life of me i couldent get the stupid thing to work. I treid
everything from new drivers, x configs, etc, etc.... turned out, my mouse
was honestly broke....wasted about four hours on that stupid thing... grr.
Who needs mice anyways...



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