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Old 11-09-2002, 11:43 AM   #1
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Mouse wheel not working


Hi,

The biggest newbie needs help again.

I never really bothered asking that before coz I thought I'd find the solution myself, but it doesn't work.

I went to the Control Center (KDE), in Peripherals => Mouse (advanced tab) it says 'Mouse Wheel Scrolls by:' and it's set to 3 lines, however, it still doesn't work.

Has anyone got any idea. What could I check out?

Thx
 
Old 11-09-2002, 12:25 PM   #2
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This setting only influences how many lines a "tick" with the wheel the text will scroll, but of cause it does only work if your mouse wheel in general works. So most distros have a tool to configure the mouse, in SuSE it's Yast2. If you cannot get it to work with Yast, post more information: which mouse, which port, the device section of your XF86Config, or better, have a look in the Readme.mouse (it's in the X packages, so it's probably somewhere on your system.
 
Old 11-09-2002, 12:45 PM   #3
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Just edit your /etc/x11/XF86Config file (it might be in a different location, or called XF86Config-4 on SuSE) and under the "moue input device section" add this:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
or search the forums, since this answer has been answered many times.
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Old 11-09-2002, 12:56 PM   #4
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Yeah I did go to the hardware section of YaST2, and I even noticed that the wheel works as a button when I click it, but not when I scroll.

Errrrrr, it's an Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical hehe (USB).

What's my device section of your XF86Config?

I didn't fine the Readme.mouse with a find...
 
Old 11-09-2002, 01:12 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally posted by NSKL
Just edit your /etc/x11/XF86Config file (it might be in a different location, or called XF86Config-4 on SuSE) and under the "moue input device section" add this:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
or search the forums, since this answer has been answered many times.
HTH
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Ok I did, and now it looks like:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

And it still doesn't scroll, do I have to restart?
 
Old 11-09-2002, 01:44 PM   #6
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you should just have to restart X.
 
Old 11-09-2002, 04:20 PM   #7
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WOOHOO!!! it's working...thx!
 
Old 11-10-2002, 11:01 AM   #8
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How did you get redhat to use your USB mouse????
 
Old 11-10-2002, 07:29 PM   #9
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I use SuSE and it's always worked, since installation, only the wheel wasn't working.
 
  


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