[vox-tech] the mouse's wheel b/w the buttons doesn't work!

[Hai Yi]

Hi, Pete:
Thanks a lot! It works after I changed to "ImPS/2". But why is that?

Hai


On 7/2/06, Peter Jay Salzman <p at dirac.org> wrote:
> The device is fine if you have a PS/2 mouse.  Just for fun, try using
>
>    Option      "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
>
> instead of PS/2, and see what happens (you'll have to restart the server).
>
> Pete
>
>
>
> On Sun 02 Jul 06,  1:09 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> said:
> > Thanks, Peter, the following is my mouse config in xorg.conf:
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
> >        Driver          "mouse"
> >        Option          "CorePointer"
> >        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
> >        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
> >        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> >        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Anything suspious? like:
> > Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
> >
> > Hai
> >
> >
> > On 7/2/06, Peter Jay Salzman <p at dirac.org> wrote:
> > >On Sun 02 Jul 06, 12:43 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> said:
> > >> Hi there:
> > >>
> > >> When I use the browser (or any other mouse-laden apps) to surf the
> > >> Internet, I found that the mouse's wheel in b/w the buttons doesn't
> > >> work, meaning I can't scroll up/down by moving it so each time I need
> > >> to grab the scroolbar to do so.
> > >>
> > >> I believe its a problem of mouse configuration. But can anyone
> > >> enlighten me with some idea? Like, how to fine-tune a mouse under
> > >> Debian?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Hai
> > >
> > >The place to look is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Mine looks like:
> > >
> > >   Section "InputDevice"
> > >      Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
> > >      Driver      "mouse"
> > >      Option      "CorePointer"
> > >      Option      "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
> > >      Option      "Resolution"      "2000"
> > >      Option      "Device"          "/dev/input/mice"
> > >      Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
> > >      Option      "buttons"         "5"
> > >      Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
> > >   EndSection
> > >
> > >
> > >Make sure you have that last line "ZAxisMapping".  Also, make sure that the
> > >protocol is correct.  Some protocols will work generically but won't have
> > >things like the scroll wheel.
> > >
> > >Pete
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