mouse wheel problems

[Paul Kloves]

Claude Jones wrote:
> I don't remember when this started because I originally attributed it to a 
> failing mouse, but I just replaced the mouse and the symptoms remain. The 
> problem is that scrolling with the wheel is causing strange behavior. This 
> manifests when I want to scroll back/up-ward; if I scroll down a screen, the 
> screen just does what it's supposed to. If I reverse direction, various 
> strange things happen depending on the program I'm in.
>   
Hey Claude,
  I've had this problem with various RedHat dirivatives, (Fedora, RHEL, 
ConetOS, etc) for years.  I just put

psmouse.proto=imps

in /etc/grub.conf, and the problem goes away.  Add it to the "kernel" 
line, e.g.,

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb 
quiet psmouse.proto=imps

(beware of line wrapping)

Hope that helps,
  -Paul