Mouse scrolls with every move sideways

hacker supreme · 05-26-2007, 09:52 AM

I just re-installed Debian Etch (unfortunately with GNOME, as I can't remember how to install with KDE) and there is one major irritating problem.

Every time I move the mouse sideways (even by a pixel or two) it scrolls.
I can't find out how to switch this off and it is extremely annoying. Please can someone let me know how to remove this 'feature' before it drives me mad.

Thanks.

makuyl · 05-26-2007, 01:52 PM

Try setting the ZAxisMapping buttons to different values in xorg.conf. This is what I use:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "PS/2 Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "6 7" # "4 5"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "Emulate3Timeout"       "70"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
EndSection

hacker supreme · 05-26-2007, 02:38 PM

Ok, Thanks. I'll try that.

hacker supreme · 05-26-2007, 02:50 PM

No. It hasn't worked.
Hmmm... I neglected to mention that this is a mouse with a two-axis scroll wheel.

But never mind. I'll just switch it with the mouse on the Windows PC and see if that works.

Edit: Yay! Switching to the other mouse works. I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner.
It seems that having a scroll wheel that moves in two axis confuses the system.

makuyl · 05-26-2007, 03:06 PM

Did you try different values or just "6 7"?

You can also bind the mouse buttons from a script. I have this run from a file under ~/.kde/Autostart to bind the back and forward sidebuttons correctly:

Code:

# rebind mouse buttons for mouseman
echo '#!/bin/sh
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 8 9 4 5 6 7 10 11 "' >/home/markus/xmod$$
chmod a+x /home/markus/xmod$$
xterm -bg black -fg white -fn 9x15 -name "Pointer Remap" -e /home/markus/xmod$$
rm -f /home/markus/xmod$$

There's probably an easier way to do that, but I've been too lazy to change it since that works.

hacker supreme · 05-26-2007, 06:41 PM

I was wrong. It still doesn't work properly.
It seemed to work well, except that now (with the normal two button mouse with a normal scroll wheel.) I can't scroll at all with the scroll-wheel.
However, whenever the mouse pointer is in an area that can be affected by scrolling, moving the mouse sideways results in, yup, scrolling.

(But, hey, I managed to get KDE working.

)

Do you have any more details on how to do that re-mapping thing?

makuyl · 05-27-2007, 01:19 AM

Read these howto's:

http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/...+Mouse+Buttons
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse

You probably need to at least adjust the "ZAxisMapping" and add "Buttons". You have to count your mouse buttons for that.

hacker supreme · 05-27-2007, 09:17 AM

OK, thanks.

BTW: I've solved the issue.
It turns out that I had been choosing the wrong input device with reconfiguring xserver-xorg.

I was choosing /dev/psaux rather than /dev/input/mice.
And therefore it was choosing completely the wrong type of mouse.

I reconfigured xserver-xorg and chose the proper setting for my mouse and it all works correctly.

This has turned out to be a major case of PEBKAC, and I really need to stop attempting to work until one in the morning.

But those remapping tutorials may still come in handy.

makuyl · 05-27-2007, 10:11 AM

Well, glad you got it solved.