- To: Ben Buxton <bb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mouse Scroll Up disappared in X11
- From: Karl Bowden <kbowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Dec 2 20:57:04 2002
On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 21:29, Ben Buxton wrote:
> Karl Bowden <kbowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> uttered the following thing:
> > I just bought a new Logitech optical wireless mouse (my last mouse was a
> > Logitech wireless as well, but it had balls), and now I cannot use the
> > wheel to scroll up when using X11, Gnome, or KDE. Yet it works fine in
> > windows still.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I'm also using the same mouse, and it's working fine in
> debian unstable with the following in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Buttons" "3"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> EndSection
>
> /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux, so I dont know if/how
> different it is for a USB connection.
I did not have the "Buttons" "3" line in my config, but it did not make
any difference anyway.
The mouse I have, has a USB base unit, with a PS/2 adapter. By just
taking the PS/2 adapter off and pluging in the USB, and setting my dev
to "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0", she now works fine.
Regards,
Karl Bowden