wheel on usb mouse doesnt work

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 04:02 AM

Basically i have a usb mouse with a wheel, and i keep trying to use it to scroll up and down pages, but it doesnt work, so any tip to help me to get it to work would be much appreciated, im a newbie to using linux, so the more specific the info, the better
thanks in advance.

Mirari · 07-07-2005, 04:35 AM

In xorg.conf
Find "Input Device"
Add this line to your xorg.conf file.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Then restart X. Should fix that problem.

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 04:54 AM

im a complete linux idiot, so how do you find xorg.conf, and then how do you restart x without rebooting?

ghight · 07-07-2005, 08:29 AM

xorg.conf should be in /etc/X11. All "conf" files will be somewhere under /etc. If it's not obvious, you will need to be root to edit it.

To restart X without rebooting hit CTL-ATL-BACKSPACE.

If the ZAxisMapping doesn't work, let us know, there are a few other things you can try, but it would be helpful to know what kind of mouse it is and if it's attached to a desktop or a laptop. If it's a laptop, what kind? More info never hurts to get the best answer possible.

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 09:27 AM

it didnt work,

its an old 450mhz piii desktop, and the mouse is a usb wheelmouse from labtec, just two buttons and a wheel.

maginotjr · 07-07-2005, 09:35 AM

go to command line type

su, and login as root.

now you type "mc -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

now find the Section "InputDevice"

in this section is where is you mouse configuration. Now you have to add a line like this

Code:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

be aware to look if these two option are seted:

Code:

Option      "Protocol"      "imPS/2"
Option      "Emulate3Buttons"

if dont create them.

restart your X server ( ctrl-alt-backspace )

ps: next time try searching in the forum, there is many post with your same question, a simple search for "mouse wheel" can return a lot of results.

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 10:32 AM

'now you type "mc -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf"'

when i did that, it said "ERROR - Cannot open file for reading: /etc/x11/xorg.conf'

Namaseit · 07-07-2005, 10:34 AM

in /etc/x11/xorg.conf the 'x11' should be 'X11' in uppercase. It's case sensitive.

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 11:22 AM

nope still dont work, thanks anyway, ill try the search thingy

maginotjr · 07-07-2005, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by coal-fire-ice
nope still dont work, thanks anyway, ill try the search thingy

if you write it right will work, there is no secret about it, this is the way to make your scroll wheel work, see if you're typing everything right, you may try change the mc -e for pico

e.g:

Code:

 root@maginotjr:~# pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf

the mouse section look like this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "mouse0"
Option "Driver" "mouse"
Option  "Protocol"  "imps/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

coal-fire-ice · 07-07-2005, 12:21 PM

thankyou - i thought about it for a while, then noticed that i shouldnt have been putting hashes in front of each line, - thankyou for the help, it works fine now.

gbonvehi · 07-07-2005, 12:22 PM

You shouldn't use Emulate3Buttons option unless you've a 2 button mouse which I guess you don't, and also, try using "ExplorerPS/2" as protocol and putting a Option "Buttons" "5" before Zaxismapping.

maginotjr · 07-07-2005, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
You shouldn't use Emulate3Buttons option unless you've a 2 button mouse which I guess you don't, and also, try using "ExplorerPS/2" as protocol and putting a Option "Buttons" "5" before Zaxismapping.

Its not right use ExplorerPS/2 if he are using an USB mouse, the right is imps/2 or he may have problems with the scrool wheel forwarding pages in Firefox, and I said to use the emulate3buttons cause he sayd have a 2 buttons old mouse.... and besides this options dont make no harm if he has a 3, 4 or more buttons mouse, like me for example.

kitcatcher · 10-18-2005, 12:05 PM

Thank you maginotjr!

This solution also worked for me.

I was having trouble with Slackware 10.2 with a logitech (Dell) usb mouse with wheel.
So I did the search and found this thread, followed its advice, and everything is cool now!

Kit Catcher

maginotjr · 10-18-2005, 02:01 PM

you welcome!