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Old 07-05-2003, 11:48 AM   #1
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Question the mouse scroll = an endless problem


It's like this I have a microsoft intellimouse (laserbeam thing) with a ps/2 connection with using a usb adaptor. And I just can't get the scroll to work under slackware 9. It worked fine under red hat 8. I'll post my xf86config:


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "mouse1"

Option "Protocol" "Explorerps/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "3"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "false"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"


Someone that got any suggestions?
 
Old 07-05-2003, 12:00 PM   #2
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Change the Buttons entry to "5" instead of "3", and Emulate3Buttons to "on".

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Old 07-05-2003, 12:16 PM   #3
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Oh, you may also need to change the "Protocol" to "IMPS/2".
 
Old 07-05-2003, 12:30 PM   #4
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nope the scroll still dosen't work. And isn't the imps/2 protocol for just logitech mice?
 
Old 07-05-2003, 12:37 PM   #5
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for me such mice config works:
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Identifier "Zhurcinja"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ChordMiddle"
------
and take a look for more detailed info here http://koala.ilog.fr/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
this helped me to tur scrolling on.

Last edited by v3rb0; 07-05-2003 at 12:39 PM.
 
Old 07-05-2003, 12:42 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by uday
nope the scroll still dosen't work. And isn't the imps/2 protocol for just logitech mice?
Possibly. Try my suggestions from my first reply then, if IMPS/2 didn't work.
 
Old 07-05-2003, 01:14 PM   #7
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Now I've tried by adding the line "Option "ChordMiddle"" and changing the protocol to imps/2. And it still dosen't work. Why is it doing this to me?!
 
Old 07-05-2003, 01:53 PM   #8
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Try commenting out the ChordMiddle line. Also, did you add that Option "Buttons" "5" line that I suggested?
 
Old 07-05-2003, 01:58 PM   #9
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Yes, I added the "5". By commenting out do you mean erase the ChordMiddle line?
 
Old 07-05-2003, 02:00 PM   #10
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You don't need to erase it. By commenting out, I mean put a "#" at the beginning of the line.

Repost your mouse entry from your XF86Config.

Last edited by Locura; 07-05-2003 at 02:01 PM.
 
Old 07-05-2003, 02:11 PM   #11
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Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "mouse1"

Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "false"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
#Option "ChordMiddle"
 
Old 07-05-2003, 02:18 PM   #12
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Comment out the "SendCoreEvents" "false" option.
Comment out the "Buttons" "5" option
Unless you have another pointer, you can comment out the "CorePointer" option
Comment out the "Emulate3Buttons" option (this does have three buttons, doesn't it? Why emulate when you have the real thing?
This is what I have (with a logitech, but it shouldn't be too much different, the logitech isn't the only one to use the IMPS/2 protocol):

Code:
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
That's all I need.
 
Old 07-05-2003, 02:41 PM   #13
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This is amazing, in a bad way, it still dosen't work. Could it be something else that is wrong. I'm out of ideas...
 
Old 07-05-2003, 07:07 PM   #14
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Try the section from my last post with exps2 instead of IMPS/2
 
Old 07-06-2003, 04:09 AM   #15
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You should type in:

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

as moses and Locura suggested, not:

Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"

as you show in your post. I'm pretty damn sure it's case-sensitive.

Enjoy!
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