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08-26-2003, 08:46 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Debian
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logitech optical mouseman - the wheel doesn't work
i have a wheel mouse from logitech, but the wheel does not work *g*
i tried different settings an then i killed my mouse so it was wild clicking arround an i had to reconfig my X-Window hehe. anyone who knows help? i is very annoying to scroll the websites that are long with my whole hand :/
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08-26-2003, 09:43 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Denver, CO
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hi selos, i have the same mouse
you have to edit the etc/X11/X86config file under the Pointer's Input section to include the following options:
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
they may be in any order, but the important ones are the protocol, buttons and ZAxisMapping. basically, you tell the system that scrolling the wheel up = button 4 and down = button 5.
try that, it should work.
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08-26-2003, 09:57 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Germany
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you mean etc/X11/XF86Config i hope, because there is no X86Config
and i hope it should be look like this:
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
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08-27-2003, 02:36 AM
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Location: Denver, CO
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doh! sorry for the typo.
looks like you've got support for two mice, is that what you want/need?
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08-27-2003, 09:10 AM
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hm no i don't think so, i only use this logitech mouse and that's it  so you mean i should instead of adding the entry editing the existing mouse0 entry? 
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08-27-2003, 12:43 PM
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Location: Denver, CO
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well, you've got 2 mice configured, a normal PS/2 mouse (mouse0) and the logitech (mouse1). if you only use the one, i would comment out the first entry. i found that my mouse worked fine under the old settings, but the wheel only activate when i used the IMPS/2 protocol.
there should be a way to select which mouse to use, but unfortunately i don't know how, so if you figure it out let me know - it's often worth having a second, normal mouse configured in case USB goes down, or the batteries die.
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08-27-2003, 02:15 PM
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now i have it looking like this:
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse0"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
is this correct so?
and when will the changes be aktive? reboote? 
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08-27-2003, 02:29 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
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You can just restart X for the changes to take effect, this is linux after all, no need for a reboot...
CTRL ALT BACKSPACE should restart X
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08-27-2003, 02:38 PM
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yes but i want to be sure that these changes are correct and won't disbale my mouse or crash any system 
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08-27-2003, 02:40 PM
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Yeah, I'd change the "Identifier" to Mouse0 though, as this is your first mouse, and Linux tends to count from 0.
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08-27-2003, 02:48 PM
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hm a showed it a friend of minw who is using gentoo and he said that the /dev/mouse wouldn't work and i should use /dev/psaux instead.. and now i am really confused 
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08-27-2003, 02:51 PM
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Gentoo uses DevFS, RedHat uses actual devices (IIRC) so it's up to you which one to use, I actually use:
/dev/input/mice
To find one you like, try this:
cat /dev/mouse
And move your mouse around. If characters pop up, you are probably good to go. Now try cat /dev/psaux and see if characters pop up, if both work, you can probably use both, and see which one works better (if either) for you.
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08-27-2003, 02:57 PM
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hm lol i think i'm to stupid ;(
i go to the terminal and type cat /dev/mouse and nothing happens...
so i close this terminal and open a new one and type in cat /dev/psaux and .. nothing happens...
in both cases i was moving my mouse around
newby@work 
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08-27-2003, 02:59 PM
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I don't get anything from /dev/psaux, but from /dev/mouse I do  Feel free to try that with other devices as well, check /dev/input and give a few of those a try.
Remember to do it as root
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08-27-2003, 03:03 PM
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yes i am logged in as root, otherwise i would not have been able to change the X86Config file
but what confuses me, the mous0 worked with psaux but when i make this cat thing in the terminal like you told me, nothing happens.. and anywhere do caharcters pop-up (whatever this means  )
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