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

["Bob Buckley" <bob buckley fuellinks com>]

Ok. I, like most experienced Unix/Linux users and admins, rely on the
command line exclusively. Occassionally I'll use a GUI app for word
processing, etc.

Xconfigurator, like many of the configuration wizards, is run from the
command line and uses text-based graphical prompting. You can tab through
the wizard and select items with the space bar.

NOTE: before you run any command line utility, look it up with the man
command, i.e., $> man mouseconfig, and read about the utility.

Now that I think about it you should use mouseconfig in the command line. It
will edit files in /etc/X11 and /etc/sysconfig/mouse.

>From my experience:

1. Open an X term.
2. su to root
3. type "mouseconfig"
4. Turn 3-button emu on.

After the fact.

BobB

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Zorrox
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 9:33 PM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Newbie: How do I get my scroll wheel mouse to work???


Hi Bob -

No, I don't know anything about it. I just looked for it and couldn't
find it in any of the menus off of Main Menu, but I could have missed
it. How does one start Xconfigurator?

That reminds me - I cannot for the life of me figure out how to search
for a file using Nautilus. Surely it's possible? If not, is there a
windows explorer type tool available that allows for file searches?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin redhat com [mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]
On Behalf Of Bob Buckley
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:00 PM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Newbie: How do I get my scroll wheel mouse to work???


One question, after jumping in the thread after the fact. Did you try
Xconfigurator? BobB

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Zorrox
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 8:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Newbie: How do I get my scroll wheel mouse to work???


Well, changing MouseManPlusPS/2 to IMPS/2 (in XF86Config-4) seemed to do
the trick. Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin redhat com [mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]
On Behalf Of C. Linus Hicks
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 10:26 PM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Newbie: How do I get my scroll wheel mouse to work???


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





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