Thinkpad X31 middle button
 

Hello, i'm new to the linux world. I just installed RedHat 9 and everything is going great. The only downer is that I can't use the middle button to scroll windows. I was wondering if there is anything that I can do to make this button work for scrolling. I'm a newb, so if there is a solution, please walk me through it. Thanks in advanced. BTW, Linux is by far > Windows.

I'm not entirely sure if the X31 you have has a touchpad also, but if it does, you may want to try disabling it in the BIOS. On the T40s, if you have both the touchpad and the keyboard mouse enabled, you can't use the middle button for the keyboard mouse unless you disable the touchpad.

there is no touchpad. just the "trackpoint" thing. This is probably the ONLY thing that is keeping me from eliminating my Windows partition.

You could try setting up your mouse as a wheel mouse, it might let you use the third button/mouse moving as a scroll wheel. Posting the mouse part of your XFConfig(-4) file would help.

i would if i could, but i don't know where XFconfig is.

nevermind, i think i found it...but this files is named XF86Config

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection


there were two things that said mouse, so i figured i put all of it down

Well, that looks fine to me, I'm not really sure what to say.

Some googling turned up a program called GPM which might be of use to you, I can't guarentee anything though.

Figured it out. For those who have any thinkpad just add the "Option" to your XF86Config (/etc/X11/XF86config) under InputDevice Mouse0.

Example:
----------------------------------------------------
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
...
...
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

EndSection

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Activate the Thinkpad Trackpoint Middle Button