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

[Emad Fanous <emad_fanous citysearch com>]

* Zorrox <zorrox attbi com> [2002-09-01 19:38:23]:
> 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?
you can always try "which" for a path, some root-related executables require using "su -" and you can always search for any file by using "locate"

Just a note: if you want to search for a new file, you might have to execute "updatedb" as root in order to use locate.

Emad

> 
> 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
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> 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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