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Old 02-18-2005, 01:16 PM   #1
thenowherekid
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How do I make Mouse Scroll work on Slackware 10.1


I have read a couple dozen forums and im still confused. I would like to use my mouse scroll on Slackware 10.1 and I can't do it. I can't find the file everyone says is in the ect/X11/ directory to edit and do whatever else i was suppost to. so can someone help a guy step by step on how to enable his mouse to scroll. thanks
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:18 PM   #2
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What mouse is it, and how many buttons does it have?
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:21 PM   #3
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The mouse is a HP mouse. it doesnt really say which kind it is. its got a laser sensor on the bottom. and its got 2 buttons, the left and right, and its got the scroll wheel in the middle.
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:30 PM   #4
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the file you want to configure is /etc/X11/xorg.conf

this is what mine says about the mouse:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

you probably just need to add the lines:

Option "Buttons" "5"
and
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

*edit
you'll need to be root to edit the file...

so step by step:

open a terminal such as xterm...
type:
su
your password
pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf
scroll down to the mouse input text....
add:
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
once thats done, hit cntrl X
it will ask if you want to write, click y for yes
hit enter and you're done...restart x and you should be good to go

be sure to put a space between the 4 and 5 after the ZAxisMapping entry...

Last edited by detpenguin; 02-18-2005 at 01:37 PM.
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:39 PM   #5
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Thank you. its works and now im scrolling along.
 
Old 02-18-2005, 01:43 PM   #6
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happy scrolling!!!
 
Old 02-18-2005, 02:09 PM   #7
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i had the same problem and this thred has helped fix it well it has fixed it.

however my mouse is one of those mice that has an extra button on each side of it so it has an extra 2 buttons pluss the scroll weel how can i make it so they can be used?

berrance
 
Old 02-18-2005, 02:28 PM   #8
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http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/...php?category=6
there are lots of mouse config on that page....
 
Old 02-18-2005, 02:35 PM   #9
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this site
might help you, berrance....i'm not sure about MX mice, never used one, but they offer a few suggestions which might work for ya? good luck

edit*

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! roAder clearly types faster!!!

Last edited by detpenguin; 02-18-2005 at 02:40 PM.
 
Old 02-19-2005, 03:57 AM   #10
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thanks i will have a look at those pages and see if i can get it working and as much as i dont like Microsoft i do like there mice as they are the most cumfortible i have ever used

thanks again

berrance
 
Old 02-03-2006, 03:29 PM   #11
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Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "256"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"

the weel steel doesn't scroll??
 
Old 02-03-2006, 06:16 PM   #12
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It is probably detecting a Protocol that does not support the scroll wheel. It might have to do with "Buttons" or "Resolution". The scroll wheel may be buttons 6 and 7. and back/forward is buttons 4 and 5.
 
Old 02-03-2006, 07:54 PM   #13
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And what about Slackware 10.2? I tried to change the parametres but didn't work... When I lick the scroll button it's pasting text.
Also, any ideas for the touchpad?
 
Old 02-03-2006, 08:37 PM   #14
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Try something like

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "7"


...particularly if it's a USB mouse. I just got one of the new MS wireless mice around Christmastime, which has the extra two buttons under the thumb, and IIRC changing Buttons to 7 was all I had to do (although they don't actually do anything much under X anyway). (I'm no longer using that one because the sensitivity of the element on it's underside refuses to work worth a toot on my black desk surface.)

BTW, when you specify ZAxisMapping to have items 4 and 5, X apparently automatically assumes you meant Buttons 5 as well. What I'm using now is exactly what appears above minus any Buttons statement.
 
Old 02-04-2006, 12:37 AM   #15
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ok thanx it works!!!!
 
  


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