New mouse installation

Rodcl · 04-26-2002, 08:31 AM

i just got this five button optical mouse with wheel and
after i have run yast 2 (SUSE 7.3) it says that it found the wheel mouse but it doesn't work, also i don'tnow if there is any chance of making linux detect and use all the buttons on the mouse

anyone has got any idea on how to configure it ?

taz.devil · 04-26-2002, 06:35 PM

You may end up needing to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and setting the particulars yourself. Is it USB or PS/2? This is what my 5 button USB Optical looks like in the pointer section.

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Rodcl · 04-28-2002, 02:46 PM

Done what you have suggested but the next time i rebooted the system, it went in to the command line and could not startx, after
a few minutes thinking what i could do, i just run SaX2 to overwrite what i did to XF86config.
I successfully could get into X and mouse wheel was working
but the side buttons were not
i had another look in the XF86config file and nothing had changed
(the suggested configuration)

PostDeals · 04-28-2002, 08:45 PM

i got a 3 button ps2 optical mouse how can i use the SCROLL BUTTOn so it can go up and down in netscape etc.. i hate to press the DOWN ARROW etc.

Rodcl · 04-29-2002, 04:41 AM

do as suggested by taz.devil
edit your XF86config in /etc/X11 ( depending on your distro it might be somewhere else) but don't add the Options "Buttons" "5".
Be warned that if not done properly can render your X11 windows system useless.

thamv · 05-08-2002, 06:38 AM

PostDeals,
Have you try this URL before Netscape

Hope it works for you.

vT