moused flags behaviour in 6.0 -- regression?

martinko martinkov at pobox.sk
Sat Nov 19 16:58:51 GMT 2005


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:51:34 +0000, Jayton Garnett wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I presume all you want is to get the wheel working under X.
> Adding a line to xorg.conf in the mouse section is all I need to add 
> no matter what mouse I use to get the wheel to work under X/Gnome.
> 
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 
> Regards,
> Jayton
> 
> martinko wrote:
> 
> > hello,
> >
> > until freebsd 6.0 (that is to say in 5.3 and 5.4) i used 
> > moused_flags="-3" in rc.conf and both my mice worked correctly (or as 
> > desired) -- synaptics touchpad missing 3rd button was emulated while 
> > the wheel on my USB mouse worked as expected.
> > now, in 6.0, with the same setting, touchpad 3rd button is emulated 
> > but USB mouse's wheel doesn't work. if i don't use the flag, USB 
> > mouse's wheel work but obviously there is no 3rd button on my 
> > touchpad. :-(
> > also, iirc back on 5.x even on wheel mouse the 3rd button could be 
> > emulated by pressing buttons 1 and 2, which is not possible now with 
> > wheel being on.
> >
> > now, i know about moused_ums0_flags="", i'm just wondering why has 
> > this changed (to worse from my point of view).
> > also, at first i tried moused_psm0_flags="-3" but that didn't work as 
> > touchpad is apparently initialised without specifying psm0 device.
> >
> > i hope i made myself clear (enough).
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > martin
> >


no, jayton, that's not what i was talking about.

regards,

martin


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