scroll wheel mouse

**xlulux** · 10-31-2003

hey guys i have a scroll wheel mouse that works alright but isnt exactly working right. you see this ps2 mouse is mousing just fine just that the scroll wheel doesnt work at all. its a microsoft mouse so i dont know if that has anything to do with it. im running SuSe 8.2 latest everything and still cant get it to work.. any help would be apprecaited

**sarumont** · 10-31-2003

First off, what mouse is it and how many buttons (physical, pressable buttons

)?

**xlulux** · 10-31-2003

its a microsoft wired mouse with two buttons and a scroll wheel in the middle ,... the product id is 83351-576

**sarumont** · 10-31-2003

OK, then...whip out your favorite editor, become root, and edit /etc/X11/XF86Config.

Find the pointer section and make it look like this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "whatever you have now"
    Option "Device"      "leave this alone, too"
    Option "Buttons"     "5"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

That should make the scroll wheel work when you restart X with those settings...(as always, make a backup copy of your XF86Config just in case

)

**kriss** · 10-31-2003

IIRC you have to set the protocol to IMPS/2 for the scroller to work..

**sarumont** · 10-31-2003

Nope...Mine is set to ExplorerPS/2 and the scroll button works fine.

**xlulux** · 10-31-2003

yepp changed the drivers back to explorer and the wheel is scrolling like it should . makes me happy

**kriss** · 10-31-2003

Originally Posted by sarumont

Nope...Mine is set to ExplorerPS/2 and the scroll button works fine.

Ok.. I have to use IMPS/2 or else it wont scroll, and I have noticed the same thing on other linux forums as well. What Xfree version? I suppose the latest because you are using gentoo?

**sarumont** · 11-01-2003

4.3.0-r3

But I've been using these settings for a year now and they've worked the whole time.

**CopperTop** · 11-03-2003

Originally Posted by Kriss

Ok.. I have to use IMPS/2 or else it wont scroll, and I have noticed the same thing on other linux forums as well. What Xfree version? I suppose the latest because you are using gentoo?

Mine has to be set to IMPS/2 as well. But I have a wireless mouse connected thru USB. Is that the difference?

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