hy there!!

I have slackware 9.1 (the recent update 12 of May i guess that is in the ftp mirrors of slackware)
I am using gnome 2.6 everything is working well except my wheel mouse!!

I have microsoft wheel Mouse Optical USB. It works ok except the wheel button i can't scroll down in mozilla or in browser filesystem... Anyone knows how can i configure my wheel button to scroll down pages in mozilla, openoffice, etc... ?


Thnks a lot for everything

In your /etc/X11/XF86Config file under your mouse section try adding,
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Notice the uppercase in some of the letters and the space between the 4 and 5.

I tried but still the same thing HERE it is my XF86CONFIG:



# Identifier and driver
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

something ive found while using forums - people are less likely to reply if you copy paste in a myriad of useless information, because they dont want to read it. change your mouse section to:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse".
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

and it might work better.

I think you get a good site on a google search for "linux mousewheel"

well, if the above doesnt work, then u might try adding this line too in the mouse section:
Option "Buttons" "5"

which will make the mouse section as follows:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse".
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

I tried both and still not working !!

Could you please post the mouse section of your XF86Config.

DONE IT!

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


=)

IS The third post fasmaie !

Whoops! I saw that, but for some reason your Mouse section did not show up. Wierd!
Anyway, if that didn't work (which it should have), all I can think of is - Did you run xf86config (as root) at first boot, or have you been using the default setup?

Sorry about the preivious post.

Now saw the last post -- great that it worked! Enjoy!

You shouldn't need the Options "Buttons" "5" line.
IMPS/2 was all that was needed along with the ZAxisMapping.

Great job figuring it out