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Fallon · 07-03-2004, 07:26 AM

On the old board, there was a thread on how to get a scroll mouse to work in linux. I have a generic mouse that I bought at walmart awhile back and just recently installed Slackware.
I've dinked around with gpm and that hasn't given me much for results, maybe a few more headaches but that's about it. I've also done a search online and that hasn't been to helpful.
So, anyone got ideas? Thanks.

Latch · 07-03-2004, 08:19 AM

Edit your XF86Config file (or xorg.conf, depending on which XWindows-clone you use). Both conf files are usually found in /etc/X11

Look for the mouse settings section.. it'll look something like this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
                                                                                                 
# Identifier and driver
                                                                                                 
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"       "4 5"

EndSection

What you want is the "ZAxisMapping" line. Add that to the same area in your config file, restart your X server, and you should have no problems.

Xirax · 07-03-2004, 10:56 PM

Couldn't have said it better myself...

07-03-2004, 07:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	Scroll Mouse+Linux On the old board, there was a thread on how to get a scroll mouse to work in linux. I have a generic mouse that I bought at walmart awhile back and just recently installed Slackware. I've dinked around with gpm and that hasn't given me much for results, maybe a few more headaches but that's about it. I've also done a search online and that hasn't been to helpful. So, anyone got ideas? Thanks.

07-03-2004, 08:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Edit your XF86Config file (or xorg.conf, depending on which XWindows-clone you use). Both conf files are usually found in /etc/X11 Look for the mouse settings section.. it'll look something like this: Code: Section "InputDevice" # Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection What you want is the "ZAxisMapping" line. Add that to the same area in your config file, restart your X server, and you should have no problems.

07-03-2004, 10:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Xirax Psycho Location: Toronto	Couldn't have said it better myself... __________________ perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'