Problems with my Mouse Wheel of Genisu NetScroll+

[Will Saxon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luís Vitório Cargnini [mailto:cargnini at matrix.com.br]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:49 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Problems with my Mouse Wheel of Genisu NetScroll+
> 
> 
> Hi i have a Genius NetScroll+. In version 4.X my mouse wheel 
> worked fine, but now on version 5.0 and 5.1 it isn't working 
> more. This is a know problem or could be only with me ? I'm 
> asking this because i have done everything that is mandatory 
> to mouse wheel works but it ins't working.
> -- 
> Thanks && Regards
> Luís Vitório Cargnini
> 

Are you using moused or trying to use the mouse directly from X?

I found that I had forgotten the proper procedure for getting the wheel to work correctly the last time I configured a new machine. 

If you are using moused, make sure you use the -z flag and probably have it look like this:

moused -t auto -p /dev/psm0 -r high -z 4

In rc.conf I have:
moused_enable="YES"
moused_flags="-r high -z 4"

Then, in XF86Config the only thing you have to do is make sure that you are using 'Auto' or 'Sysmouse' as the mouse protocol, /dev/sysmouse as the mouse device and have the line:

"Buttons" "5"

In that section. If you do it this way it should work.

I am not completely sure how to set up the mouse with the wheel bypassing moused and doing it directly with X, but I believe you just have to change the port and protocol (probably to 'Auto' and '/dev/psm0', respectively) and add:

"ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 

To the XF86Config file.

I use the moused method, and it has usually worked for me. The only time I have ever had mouse wheel problems was when using a KVM switch that did not seem to present the mouse capabilities properly to FreeBSD during boot.

-Will