mouse scrollwheel doesn't work **SOLVED**

[tergemble]

hey

I am running Mepis3.4-3 and my mouse's scrollwheels(i have 2) don't work.
BUT, i can use one wheel as a button and this works (3th button I guess) ...
please help me

[techieMoe]

Take a look at your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in a text editor and paste the contents of the "InputDevice" section. It should look similar to (but not exactly like) this:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
EndSection

[tergemble]

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

"Emulate3Buttons" "no" -->> this was originally on "true", i changed and no result

BTWthis is my mouse
http://www.a4tech.com/en/product2.as...D=8&MNO=WOP-35

[oosterhouse]

Try changing PS/2 to IMPS/2. Worked for me.

[bryansmith]

Is that the only mouse section in your xorg.conf? Sometimes more than one can be listed and you will have more luck with a different section.

Bryan

[tergemble]

that's the only section and changing to IMPS/2 doesn't help

[budman7]

Also try changing /dev/psaux to /dev/input/mice

On my machine, if I cant get the one to work, I try the other.

How many buttons does this mouse have?

[techieMoe]

How many buttons does this mouse have?

5, according to the site he linked to above. And 2 scroll wheels.

[tergemble]

Try changing PS/2 to IMPS/2. Worked for me.

this works after rebooting

[Zelmo]

Oh, yeah, it should have been mentioned earlier that any changes to your xorg.conf only take effect after you restart the X server. You can do that by hitting CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, which restarts X without having to reboot the whole system. Or a reboot works too, it just takes longer.