mouse scroll up problem

[Michael M.]

Mark Kane wrote:
> applecom at inbox.ru wrote:
>>>> I have FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE and optical Microsoft IntelliMouse 
>>>> Explorer, USB native, plugged to PS/2 port via it's own USB->PS/2 
>>>> adaptor.
>>>> When I scroll my mouse wheel up in X11 it acts like "scroll up + 
>>>> left button one/double-click". For example, in Opera, Firefox. In 
>>>> MS Windows mouse works correctly.
>>>
>>> I am running the same mouse in the same way on the same release. 
>>> Here is what is working for me:
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>>         Driver      "mouse"
>>>         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>>         Option      "Protocol" "sysmouse"
>>>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> moused_enable="YES"             # don't use type "auto" with KVM
>>> moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
>>> moused_type="ps/2 -l 2"         # -l 2 for scroll (fails in _flags)
>>> moused_flags=""
>>
>> I have changed settings as Pete advised. Both variants (old and new) 
>> are working (scrolling) but described effect remains.
>> Why I think that scrolling up works as "scroll + left click": for 
>> example, in Opera scrolling up at the top of document (when real 
>> scroll is impossible) result in marking the word under cursor and 
>> appearing context menu for very short time.
>
> I've been having the same problem since updating to Xorg 6.9.0 two 
> months ago. Before that, this problem did not exist for me. Here are a 
> couple examples of what I see with use:
>
> 1) I'm going through my inbox in Thunderbird and I start scrolling up 
> using the wheel to see messages. In addition to going up the list, 
> it's also selecting all the emails that my mouse pointer happens to 
> touch when I move the wheel up. This isn't good because then it marks 
> lots of messages as "read" when I really did not read them.
>
I know it's only a workaround and not a solution, but at least until 
you're able to get the rodent behaving the way you like, you can change 
the setting in Thunderbird preferences.

In v1.5:
Edit --> Preferences --> Advanced
[Check box]  Wait XX seconds before marking a message as read
(2nd item down)

Make it 5 or 10 seconds and at least you won't have to worry about a 
message being marked as read because your mouse inadvertently lands on 
the header.

-- 
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
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