From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Dec 1 17:17:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A768737B401 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:17:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.itga.com.au (ns.itga.com.au [202.53.40.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D48643E88 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:17:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (lightning.itga.com.au [192.168.71.20]) by ns.itga.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA56079 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:17:17 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lightning.itga.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA25416; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:17:17 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <200212020117.MAA25416@lightning.itga.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 05/15/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Gregory Bond To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: X mouse scrolling problem solved Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 12:17:17 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My wheel mouse scrolling stopped working when I updated my XFree86 config for a new monitor. A whole heap of hair-pulling later and I have worked out why. If you configure XFree86 4 to use "Protocol sysmouse" then wheel scrolling will not work, because this puts the mouse into 5-byte mode with only supports 3 buttons. You have to use "protocol auto" in the XFree86 config to enable sysmouse 8-byte protocol with support for buttons 4 & 5. This is completely non-intuitive, and nowhere mentioned in the appropriate FAQ entry. I mention it here for the archives. I'll send a correction to the FAQ team. Greg. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message