Mouse Wheel

[tyc]

Currently using Suse v10.0 ...

Where to you check to activate the mouse wheel?

tyc

[peteh]

It should work by default. If you can't find your model in the Configure section just use the generic.

[peteh]

It should work by default. If you can't find your model in the Configure section just use the generic.

I'm sorry, I did that from (poor) memory. Go to System Admin >>Hardware>>Mouse - there's an 'Activate Mouse Wheel' button.

[gogalthorp]

Here is a page that might help for difficult to configure pointing devices

HOWTO Advanced Mouse/Individual Configurations - Gentoo Linux Wiki

[valemon]

Also, make sure that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf there is an option

"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

If not you should add it under section "InputDevice", mouse identifier.

[tyc]

Folks;

I want to thank you for your time and interest but so far, it's no go.

If you have a moment, take a look at the exerpts from the "etc/X11/xorg.conf" file I have here and see if these make any sense to you.

NOTE: The mouse in question is a USB connected "generic", two button, with center Wheel:

NOTE: There are only two (2) "mice" conntected to the laptop, the installed "pad" and the external USB unit, the one which is giving me the problems.

NOTE: On boot-up, there are times when the mouse is not even recognized, which sometimes causes me to re-boot two or three times inorder for the software to "pickup" the fact that there is an external USB mouse attached.


InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2007-11-22T13:13:04-0500.
#
# Version: 7.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (7.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#



Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "PS/2 on USB"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Vendor" "USB-Mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Mouse[3]"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Name" "Touchpad"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Vendor" "Synaptics"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection




Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection



By the way, I did know about the YAST2 "Activate Mouse Wheel" but that has repeatedly had zero effect ... there's something else going on which at present I just don't know the answer to and perhaps the above readout will give some of you a better idea regarding a cure for the problem. You might note, the "wheel" does work when using WinXP, so clearly there this a setup / recognition problem within the Linux software - but right now I just don't know the anwer ... any ideas?

At least now I know where in the sofrware I can look for "Mouse" related commands; i.e., "etc/X11/..." didn't know that before.

Again, thanks for your interest - it is appreciated.

tyc

[tyc]

It was also noted in further research that in my file

etc/X11

the file XF86Config -- does NOT -- have the following "option" listed

"option" "Buttons" "6"

To cause the USB mouse wheel to operate, how important is this?

tyc