RE: Newbie: How do I get my scroll wheel mouse to work???

["C. Linus Hicks" <lhicks nc rr com>]

On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 19:01, Zorrox wrote:
> I also lack scrolling so far with my Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel,
> using gnome. I've edited XF86Config so that the pointer section looks
> like the following, and have rebooted:
> 
> Section "Pointer"
>     Protocol    "MouseManPlusPS/2"
>     Device	"/dev/mouse"
>     ZAxisMapping 4 5
> 
> Anyone know what the problem could be?

Remember the "Identifier" in your InputDevice section must match what's
in your ServerLayout section:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen     0   "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Try it with IMPS/2 rather than MouseManPlusPS/2, and remember to use the
Option keyword as shown:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Also, I believe on RedHat systems, the proper config file is the one
named XF86Config-4.

Linus