Mouse not scrolling

**sheds** · 11-22-2004

Hi there. Here at work i use a scroll mouse, but the scrolling fuction is not working. Where do i fix this?

**dylunio** · 11-22-2004

What kind of mouse is it? PS/2, USB, Serial?

dylunio

**rinzai** · 11-22-2004

Add a line:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (or XF86Config if you use XF86)

This should help.

**genesus** · 11-22-2004

Or add ZAxixMapping "6 7" depending on how many buttons you have on the mouse, the wheel counts as three buttons itself.

**sheds** · 11-23-2004

I that case, it's the right button, the left button and the scroll button. So it would be 3. Why "4 5" " 6 7"? What's this?

**monkey8** · 11-23-2004

In your case (3 button mouse) ZAxis mapping should be set to "4 5", here is why:

Here's how it translates, a 3 button mouse

Code:

1 left click
2 right click 
3 middle click
4 scroll up
5 scroll down

and a 5 button mouse(2 extra buttons on the side)

Code:

1 left click
2 right click 
3 middle click
4 scroll up
5 scroll down
6 side button 1
7 side button 2

Using ZAxisMapping you tell it what "buttons" are used to scroll. So a 3 button mouse would use "4 5" since that is the 4th and 5th input. The "6 7" is if you have a 5 button mouse.

This is because the mouse wheel is 3 buttons, click, scroll up, and scrol down, kind of confusing :P

**sheds** · 11-23-2004

Ok cool. I'll fix it right away.

**loft306** · 11-23-2004

also

Code:

 Option      "Buttons" "5"

if it is a two button mouse with a wheel or

Code:

Option    "Buttons"  "7"

if a 7 button mouse

**monkey8** · 11-23-2004

It's a good idea to tell it how many buttons it has, since it may not autodetect the number correctly :P

The other major problem you can have with mice is if you choose the wrong protocol, that causes very strange movement :P

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