mouse wheel problems

[Paul Kloves]

Claude Jones wrote:
> On Wed August 16 2006 11:30 am, Paul Kloves wrote:
>   
>> 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)
>>     
>
> I remember that one - it's what I used to use to deal with mice 
> going out of control when connected to Belkin KVM's. But, if 
> memory serves, doesn't that eliminate the wheel functionality?
>   
I happen to be using an old Linksys KVM switch, but I learned that trick 
with the Belkin switch that I used to use.  I was surprised that I still 
needed to use the psmouse.proto directive with "modern" kernels, but I 
still do.

This gives me full mouse wheel support for my Logitech Cordless MouseMan 
Optical mouse.  I can scroll up and down, and use the wheel as MB3 like 
I wanted to do.  My xorg.conf looks normal:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

And it works for me...

Good luck,
-Paul