Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:48:22 -0400 From: "Eric W. Bates" <ericx@vineyard.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using imwheel with Freebsd 6.1 and xorg 6.9.0_2 Message-ID: <447C8566.2050400@vineyard.net> In-Reply-To: <8664jnzxv2.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <4474B9A8.2040701@vineyard.net> <8664jnzxv2.fsf@xps.des.no>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > "Eric W. Bates" <ericx@vineyard.net> writes: >> There are a couple of HowTos on-line which describe how to configure >> imwheel to work with X11 and FreeBSD. > > You don't need imwheel. With FreeBSD 6.1 and X.org 6.9, wheel mice > should work out of the box: devd (enabled by default) starts moused > (default configuration works fine for USB mice) when a USB mouse is > plugged in, and X understands wheel events from moused without any > special configuration. emacs scrolling works with imwheel; but not without it. Other apps I've tested ALL work without imwheel (emacs is the only exception, I've found -- but my emacs doesn't have scrollbars configured): xterm konsole firefox thunderbird Openoffice 2.x KDE Control Center > The only problem you may run into is the IntelliMouse Explorer issue, > where fast scrolling in a browser window may be misinterpreted as > forward / backward history commands. > > DES - -- Eric W. Bates ericx@vineyard.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEfIVlD1roJTQ4LlERAraxAKCEPrwwGqEUpRnSJWdOn4gP/5JykwCfU1ec 6//alWXBz3y428rvznDX0ts= =tlpr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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