logitech optical mouseman - the wheel doesn't work
 

i have a wheel mouse from logitech, but the wheel does not work *g*
i tried different settings an then i killed my mouse so it was wild clicking arround an i had to reconfig my X-Window hehe. anyone who knows help? i is very annoying to scroll the websites that are long with my whole hand :/

hi selos, i have the same mouse :)

you have to edit the etc/X11/X86config file under the Pointer's Input section to include the following options:

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

they may be in any order, but the important ones are the protocol, buttons and ZAxisMapping. basically, you tell the system that scrolling the wheel up = button 4 and down = button 5.

try that, it should work.

you mean etc/X11/XF86Config i hope, because there is no X86Config :)

and i hope it should be look like this:

doh! sorry for the typo.

looks like you've got support for two mice, is that what you want/need?

hm no i don't think so, i only use this logitech mouse and that's it :) so you mean i should instead of adding the entry editing the existing mouse0 entry? :)

well, you've got 2 mice configured, a normal PS/2 mouse (mouse0) and the logitech (mouse1). if you only use the one, i would comment out the first entry. i found that my mouse worked fine under the old settings, but the wheel only activate when i used the IMPS/2 protocol.

there should be a way to select which mouse to use, but unfortunately i don't know how, so if you figure it out let me know - it's often worth having a second, normal mouse configured in case USB goes down, or the batteries die.

now i have it looking like this:

is this correct so?
and when will the changes be aktive? reboote? :)

You can just restart X for the changes to take effect, this is linux after all, no need for a reboot...

CTRL ALT BACKSPACE should restart X ;)

Cool

yes but i want to be sure that these changes are correct and won't disbale my mouse or crash any system :)

Yeah, I'd change the "Identifier" to Mouse0 though, as this is your first mouse, and Linux tends to count from 0.

Cool

hm a showed it a friend of minw who is using gentoo and he said that the /dev/mouse wouldn't work and i should use /dev/psaux instead.. and now i am really confused :)

Gentoo uses DevFS, RedHat uses actual devices (IIRC) so it's up to you which one to use, I actually use:
/dev/input/mice

To find one you like, try this:
cat /dev/mouse
And move your mouse around. If characters pop up, you are probably good to go. Now try cat /dev/psaux and see if characters pop up, if both work, you can probably use both, and see which one works better (if either) for you.

Cool

hm lol i think i'm to stupid ;(

i go to the terminal and type cat /dev/mouse and nothing happens...
so i close this terminal and open a new one and type in cat /dev/psaux and .. nothing happens...
in both cases i was moving my mouse around :)

newby@work :D

I don't get anything from /dev/psaux, but from /dev/mouse I do ;) Feel free to try that with other devices as well, check /dev/input and give a few of those a try.

Remember to do it as root ;)

Cool

yes i am logged in as root, otherwise i would not have been able to change the X86Config file :)

but what confuses me, the mous0 worked with psaux but when i make this cat thing in the terminal like you told me, nothing happens.. and anywhere do caharcters pop-up (whatever this means :) )