mouse wheel in debian

hollovoid7 · 10-23-2004, 07:15 PM

newbie question, using debian sarge with xfree, question is how to get the mouse wheel working on a logitec ps2 mouse,, I tried Zaxismapping but it did not work.. thanks in advance.

mjrich · 10-23-2004, 07:27 PM

Which driver are you using for the mouse ? (perhaps post the Input parts of your XF86Config-4 file, if in doubt).

Of course, if you want a no-brainer method to get it working, just slip in a copy of Knoppix, and copy across the appropriate lines of it's auto-generated XF86Config-4 file

jsmarshall85 · 10-23-2004, 07:39 PM

hmmm i too have a logitech ps/2 mouse and never had to setup my mouse, the wheel always worked. are you using the debian-installer (net-installer, the 114meg iso image)? during the setup i always use IMPS/2, instead of PS/2

macondo · 10-23-2004, 10:27 PM

#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

on the first mouse screen choose:
PS/2

on the second screen choose:
IMPS/2

on the third screen say YES to Emulate 3-botton mouse

say YES to a new Config-4 file

finish the configuration, reboot.

For more complete information on how to configure X in Debian:

The Very Verbose Debian Installation Walkthrough
Sections 9 and 10
http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016

Also take a look at the sticky at the top of the forum scree:
Debian Configureation Post-Install