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ahmed gamal · 01-31-2008, 02:45 AM

hi every body
i had a mouse with a scroll
i found a site telling to add this part to xorg.conf

Quote:

# Identifier and driver

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

i think i did that before on slck 10.2 and it worked well
when i did that to slack 12
it said error while booting and never start
so i entered emacs and removed what i had added
help plz

duryodhan · 01-31-2008, 02:50 AM

Post the whole xorg.conf file. only then the problem can be seen

b0uncer · 01-31-2008, 02:53 AM

That's right, ZAxisMapping deals with the wheel. However the protocol might be troublesome. I had a usb-connected wireless mouse (the wireless receiver was usb-connected, mouse itself wireless) which worked, but I never got the wheel scroll work with it. On this laptop I have a regular usb laser mouse, and it works well. Below is a snipplet from my xorg.conf (mouse device section), which I had to alter a little (red coloured parts are those I changed) to get the wheel work.

Code:

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option      "Protocol"      "Auto"
    Option      "Device"      "/dev/mouse"

It's Slackware 12.0, forgot to mention. ZAxisMapping was missing so I added it, after which I had to change the Protocol to Auto to get it work.

duryodhan · 01-31-2008, 06:13 AM

Quote:

it said error while booting and never start

it is this that I don't understand , I have never seen an incorrect xorg.conf causing a refusal to start...

ahmed gamal · 01-31-2008, 03:42 PM

sorry guys
i know now what was my problem

Quote:

# Identifier and driver

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

i wrote this in the part of the keyboard
sorry for that