hi all

I'm using FluxBox on a Suse 9.3 and ever since updating from 9.2 the mouse scrolling wheel just won't work :-(

It's a logitech, two button+wheel, optical mouse connected on a USB port

Any ideas where I might reconfigure that?

thx,
dm

Replace the mouse section in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf with this.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...e_scroll_wheel

in the file it says "Do not edit this file, it has been automatically generated by sax"
Can I ignore that safely?

thx
dm

I edited mine (Slackware) and it worked for me. I would say yes in SUSE too.

i did that, restarted everything but it still is not working

any more ideas anyone?

thx in advance

Post the mouse section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

the Option "Protocol" is very important on this one for ZAxisMapping to work..
If you use a USB mouse and the protocol is set to PS/2, change it to IMPS/2. it should work then.
(tried it on Slack, gentoo, fedora and debian)

here is the relevant section from my xorg.conf:

//this is for my touchpad, dunno if it's actually relevant
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
EndSection

//the old config, as generated by sax2
#old mouse config
#Section "InputDevice"
# Driver "mouse"
# Identifier "Mouse[3]"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
# Option "EmulateWheelButton" "4"
# Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
# Option "Name" "USB-Mouse;IMPS/2 on USB"
# Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#EndSection

//the one I use now
Section "Input Device"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

As you can see i tried changing the protocol which did not help.
I'm wondering about two things:
1)I only have two buttons plus the wheel on my mouse. So is the thing with 4 and 5 right? I read that a wheel occupies two buttons, so shouldn't it be 3 and 4 in my ZAxisMapping since I only use 1 and 2 as real buttons?
2)Could it be that I need to add a section "Pointer" so that the applications know what's going on? read that somewhere too, not sure if I got it right....

your help is appreciated

dm

You should be able to click with your wheel too.

yeah I am able to click with my wheel. what does that imply for the Buttons option?
should i add it? if so what number?

clicking in firefox causes google to be loaded, in OO it serves as a paste function

I stumbled acroos the "CorePointer" Option in several people's xorg.conf file, could that be related to my problem?

Any input is greatly appreciated

dm

Left click, right click and center click are buttons 1,2, and 3; wheel up and down are 4 and 5. That's why it's "ZAxisMapping" "4 5". Have you tried setting your protocol to "Auto"?

Edit:
I know nothing about "core pointer" options. Sorry.
If you search this site, you will find information on setting up a secondary mouse, which is what it looks like you're doing. Perhaps one of those threads could provide some extra insight?