KDE 3.4 doesn't save the new "Mouse Wheel Optical" settings
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KDE 3.4 doesn't save the new "Mouse Wheel Optical" settings
Hi, I'm loving this new 800 counts per inch setting for optical mouse users, but it doesn't save my setting when i restart, does anyone know how to fix this? it's in Control center / peripherals, wheel mouse optical. thanks a ton...... (suse 9.2)
Can you provide the mouse section of your xorg.conf file? We need to see how it has set the mouse wheel. It's possible, though I can't say for certain, that it won't hold the setting unless you are root.
are you trying to change your mouse settings as root or a normal user? I would imagine (having not upgraded myself to KDE3.4 yet) that the KDE configurator does write the configuration to the F86Config(XOrg.conf) file in which case you will need to be root to configure the mouse, since the XF86Config(XOrg.conf) file is set to only give root write privileges. If you are running as rot than the configuration is most likely a KDE only configuration and there should be a config file most likely located in your userhome/.kde folder. make sure you have write privileges to all the files there.
Also as far as your mouse section of the XF86Config(XOrg.conf) file goes, you are running a 5 button mouse, it count the two regular button as well as the scroll wheel button for 3, then each way on the scroll wheel (ie. scroll up, scroll down) also registers as a button. thats where it gets 5. if you have high end Logitec mouse with the two extra side buttons the button count goes up to 8 or 10.
Let us know if this helps you out, good luck.
ADDITIONAL: Also if the mouse your using does not support 800 lpi than you won't be doing anything useful by setting it to 800 lpi and the KDE program detects the highest setting as 400 lpi it may not allow it to be set to 800 lpi. I am guessing you have already checked this but I thought I post it as a reminder.
Last edited by HenchmenResourc; 03-31-2005 at 01:33 PM.
as linux sees it it is a 5 button mouse.1=left click 2=right click 3=wheel click 4=wheel up 5=wheel down.wheel movement is interpreted as clicks.
dosen't really help with finding an answer,but for future use it could be handy (shoulder buttons for browsing forward and back).
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