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29-Aug-2002, 11:20 PM #1
Wheel Mouse Problems
I'm about to throw myself into a ravine. I've been fighting to get my mousewheel to work for a good 5 hours now, and am now at my wit's end. This is what the Input Device section from my XF86Config-4 looks like:

::Section "InputDevice"
::
:: Identifier "Mouse1"
:: Driver "mouse"
:: Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
:: Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
:: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
::
::
::EndSection

I'm using a Logitech Optical Wheelmouse on Mandrake 8.2.
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30-Aug-2002, 05:11 AM #2
Can you find the drivers for your Lotitech mouse model?

Just a trial -

After starting the system in the GUI mode. Open a shell prompt and type the command -

mouseconf

This will open a window to configure the mouse. Select the Intellimouse drivers and see it that helps...
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31-Aug-2002, 01:28 PM #3
I had to edit files as follows:

The XF86Config, I edited like this:

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2" (Added the "IM")
Device "/dev/psaux"
Buttons 5 (had to add this line)
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection

And the XF86Config-4 edit:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" (added the "IM")
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
Option "Buttons" "5" (had to add this line)
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

That got it working for me. HTH!
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01-Sep-2002, 01:25 PM #4
Ok, tried both of those suggestions. I tried many different settings in mouseconf including the Intellimouse PS/2. None worked. My next question is: how important is the "Identifier" tag in XF86Config-4? Is it arbitrarily assigned or is it integral that it be set correctly?
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02-Sep-2002, 06:28 AM #5
My method for getting the scroll wheel to work is almost identical to DVOM's.
The identifier should be "Mouse0" in most configurations,I believe.
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02-Sep-2002, 11:08 PM #6
What browser are you using? I couldn't get NS4.x to work with scrolling. Mozilla and Opera work.
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03-Sep-2002, 05:42 AM #7
Mozilla 0.9.4. When I did run Netscape 4.76 the scroll wheel worked fine.I'll check later for details.
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28-Sep-2002, 07:28 PM #8
to get mine to work I just ran mouseconfig and set up my mouse as a MS intellimouse. (it's an IBM optical) and then did a reboot and it worked fine.
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29-Sep-2002, 06:26 AM #9
Are you using the PS/2 adapter or is the mouse plugged into the USB port?
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29-Sep-2002, 09:10 AM #10
using the ps2 adapter
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29-Sep-2002, 09:29 AM #11
If sombody has trouble running the mouse from the USB port,you can try adding this line to /etc/modules.conf:
alias mouse usbmouse
Seems to work pretty good if you have kernel 2.2.18 or later.
lynch
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