New install going well, just a couple of questions!

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 05:17 PM

Hi all,

Im sure this is extremely easy to answer!
New slackware 10.2 install going great with the help of shilo's sticky on here which helped with a few things.

I'm stuck with getting the mouse wheel to work and its annoying me! haha.

Also i have a keyboard which has no leds on it, it comes with windows software that show if num lock etc are on, is there a linux app to do this? ?

Thats it told you it was easy!

Cheers

Derek

reddazz · 03-08-2006, 05:23 PM

Add the following to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the mouse config section

Code:

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

I am not so sure about the num lock key.

odevans · 03-08-2006, 05:31 PM

Hi Derek, welcome to Slackware and LQ.

For the first one, try searching this forum for "wheel mouse". It's a pretty common newbie question and has been covered more than a few times!

For the second, what desktop environment are you using? (KDE, GNOME, Xfce etc.) I'm not sure if there are any standalone programs to display caps, num/scroll lock status on their own, but I'm pretty sure there are plugins for each desktop environment. You may want to have a look over at kde-apps.org (if using KDE).

Cheers

detpenguin · 03-08-2006, 05:32 PM

for numlock, i use a program called numlockx, available here...
once installed, i edit my ~/.xinitrc file and add the line

Quote:

#Turn NumLock on
/usr/X11R6/bin/numlockx on

and the next time i start x, numlock is activated

*edit

my bad for not reading the question right...i thought you were looking for a program to automatically turn the numlock on...

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 05:49 PM

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies, i'll have a search

i tried :

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

But no joy

Nevermind i'll keep trying!

Cheers

Derek

jschiwal · 03-08-2006, 06:21 PM

You may want to post the section of xorg.conf that deals with the mouse. Also, which mouse do you have. The solution may end up being that a different mouse would work better for you.

odevans · 03-08-2006, 06:25 PM

You may also want to try a different protocol:

Code:

Option     "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"

Is what works for me with PS/2 and USB wheelmice.

reddazz · 03-08-2006, 06:27 PM

Try changing the protocol from PS/2 to IMPS/2 and then add the options I mentioned above.

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 06:32 PM

heres the section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Cheers

Derek

reddazz · 03-08-2006, 07:20 PM

Change

Code:

Option "Protocol" "auto"

to

Code:

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

jimX86 · 03-08-2006, 07:24 PM

Hmmmm... the LED on my keyboard hasn't worked for months, but it never dawned on me to actually DO something about it.

I just found an app for KDE called keybLED that seems to work nicely. It's at keybled.aurel32.net.

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 07:44 PM

wow jinx86 EXACTLY what i wanted thanks mate!

Regards

Derek

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 07:50 PM

still no wheel tho ;\

btw my mouse is a logitech mx700

derek

jimX86 · 03-08-2006, 07:58 PM

Bear with me for a minute, cause I'm not sure this is right... but if you type

ls -l /dev/mouse

does that point to psaux? If so, I don't think that's what you want. Try changing the Device line in xorg.conf from "/dev/mouse" to "/dev/input/mice".

waveform2 · 03-08-2006, 08:06 PM

it points to input/mice :

root@dungeon:~# ls -l /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-03-05 14:34 /dev/mouse -> input/mice

still no joy :|

derek