I thought all linux users knew this but my "so called Linux God" buddy came over the other day he was freaking out cause I am able to use my scroll function on my mouse...so I thought maybe someone else could use this info.

It's really simple if you have a mouse wheel that can scroll then edit your
/etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 depending on which one you have and edit the line Protocol ps/2 to imps/2

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"

This should work just fine however if you run into trouble here is the web page that helped me out long ago.

http://koala.ilog.fr/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/

Enjoy,
Muddy

And if you have a mouse with side buttons you can use them for Forward|Back in most browsers as well

I hate to say this, but you're not entirely correct. You actually need the following to get a mouse wheel working:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

And /dev/mouse is only useful if you have set up a symlink, which some distros do not do by default. If you're using USB you need:

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

If you're using PS/2:

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

..unecessary post that was totally unhelpful.

super_me, if you don't have valuable input to give to members here, then refrain from posting. Thanks.

My XF86Config file ALREADY says the following and it still doesn't work. Can anyone help?

This has been bolded and quoted for readability
[QUOTE

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"

[/QUOTE]

NOTE: This mouse is USB and I'm running SuSE 7.3 Pro

never mind folks. I edited my XF86Config file and added the ZAxisMapping thingy, then restarted my X Server and I was good to go. Sorry to waste your time