Switched mouse, now whell doesnt work??

trey85stang · 06-15-2004, 08:23 PM

This is on mandrake 10, I had a wheel mouse w/ a ball, then I switched to a wheel mouse that was optical. Both being ps/2. But I am now unable to to use the wheel on the new mouse?? this mouse worked fine on another machine runnign slackware and I am using the same entry in XF86Config... any ideas???

Code:

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

I want me wheel back

dickohead · 06-15-2004, 10:42 PM

this may be a stupid question - but have you tried to configure it automatically? Using Mandrake Control Centre (drakconf), my mouse does some very weird things at times, and i have to switch it between my USB port and my PS/2 port, the only way the changeover seems to happen is if i rerun the mouse config tool... worth a shot!

mdg · 06-16-2004, 06:25 AM

You could try changing your "Protocol" option. I'm using a MS optical wheelmouse in MDK 10, here's my mouse section

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

otish1000c · 06-16-2004, 06:33 AM

don't know if this applies all the time, but i had the same prob once when switching mice. i used MCC->hardware->mouse config & made the changes that way to detect the new mouse. it all looked good, but the scroll wheel didn't work. simple solution was to............. (gasp!).......... reboot!

ya, i know you shouldn't have to reboot in Linux, but sometimes ya just have to. if all else fails, try rebooting.

otis

trey85stang · 06-16-2004, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by otish1000c
don't know if this applies all the time, but i had the same prob once when switching mice. i used MCC->hardware->mouse config & made the changes that way to detect the new mouse. it all looked good, but the scroll wheel didn't work. simple solution was to............. (gasp!).......... reboot!

ya, i know you shouldn't have to reboot in Linux, but sometimes ya just have to. if all else fails, try rebooting.

otis

A reboot fixed it..... i feel like a moron now... Thanks all!