Hi, I just have read so much about how to make the mouse wheel work that I'm getting crazy.
I have a "DELL by Microsoft" (well, that's what's written on it) mouse with two buttons and a wheel (yeah, that will make for 5 buttons). It's an Intellimouse PS/2 compatible.
My original /etc/X11/xorg.conf file read this in the relevant part:
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
and after reading posts for half a day I added a
Option "Buttons" "5" line just before the ZAxisMapping line, but it didn't help, not only the wheel wouldn't scroll, but also the pointer will move weird (it was like when passing over some parts of the screen the pointer will go at once to the extreme right of the screen).
After that I read another post and changed the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to this (this is the ONE I have NOW):
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
I also created the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh
# Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
Although (btw, your light on this is highly appreciated) my mouse DOES NOT have 7 buttons, this seems to have solved the "weary" behavior of the pointer, but now the wheel will make the pointer to move
sideways!!! instead of up and down
How can I fix it?? I'd appreciate your -very- detailed explanations, besides of begin a
I'm also eager to learn!!
G'd day to all!
PavoDive
PS: I'm running FC3 on a DELL, dual boot with Windoze XP