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Old 10-05-2004, 09:09 PM   #1
mirak
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mouse help


i have a 4 button mouse that just isnt working right

the scroll whell only scrolls up

and only the forward button works

plz help
 
Old 10-06-2004, 11:53 AM   #2
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It's hard to get too specific without knowing exactly what your configuration looks like and what mouse you're using, so I will give you the basics and hope it gets you where you need to go.

----------OPTION ONE----------
You're in the Yoper group, so I assume you're using Yoper

1. Click the Y button that contains all of your menus and move up to Settings...Yoperconf
2. Within Yoperconf, there is a link to "KDE Control Centre", click it
3. In the left pane, select "Peripherals", then its subtopic "Mouse"

I really don't know whether this has static settings for all mice or if perhaps it has different options depending on your mouse and driver. If it doesn't have what you want, you probably have two other options.

----------OPTION TWO----------
- Find a different driver in SaX2
(a little dangerous since the wrong one could hose your mouse and require you to use keyboard only, who knows if you could do what you need there)

1. From within the same Yoperconf module as before
2. Select SaX2 Display setup (This has display and much more)
3. You may need to enter your root password, it will ask if it needs it
4. In the left pane, click "Input Devices"
5. In the right pane, click mouse
- This should list all mice ever detected on your system, find the one you use now
6. Click properties
- This is the dangerous part. You really need to know which type of mouse you have and it can get unintuitive pretty quickly. The best way is to find your documentation or hope that your manufacturer is linux friendly enough to tell you which "type" of mouse you have. If your mouse currently works (basically) like you say it does, you don't want to stray too far in here. The chances are that you have the correct linux driver, but it doesn't support all of the functionality you'd like. This brings us to option three

----------OPTION THREE----------
Go to your mouse manufacturer's web site and look for linux drivers specific to your mouse. This ought to be pretty safe, but you will probably need to follow their instructions to compile and install the drivers yourself (sounds more complicated than it is), and you'll need root access. YOu don't have a great chance that your manufacturer will support linux, but if they do, the chances you'll get all of the functionality you want are much better than relying on stock mouse drivers through SaX2.

I hope I've helped out. Best of luck to you,
Mike
 
Old 10-06-2004, 02:06 PM   #3
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i must say...........thank you

i wish more ppl took the time to actually answer a question, instead of just a 2 line post.........that confuses the hell out of me..................obviously im new to linux and i really appreciate our time and effort in helping me solve my problem

im at work atm..............but as soon as i get home ill try what you said

thank you so much
 
  


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