From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 16:09:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BACB16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:09:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440243D45 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:09:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226])j0LG91jj019022; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:09:01 +0200 Received: by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 07DFA2A42F; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:09:01 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:09:00 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Art Bugorski Message-ID: <20050121160900.GB40390@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050121035146.44604.qmail@web53602.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050121035146.44604.qmail@web53602.mail.yahoo.com> cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook, X11 Configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:09:03 -0000 On 2005-01-20 19:51, Art Bugorski wrote: > [...] when X started I was frustrated to discover that my scroll > wheel on my mouse wasn't working. I had it working under Linux (SuSE > 9.1) with the same DE (KDE 3.3) so I assumed it was a driver issue. > > Fortunately, I mentioned the issue during a rant on a user forum > where someone pointed that I just had to add: > > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > to my X11 configuration file for the scroll wheel to work. I did > this and the mouse worked flawlessly. This is mentioned in passing in the FAQ, but we should definitely add something in the X11 chapter about setting up a wheel mouse. I'll try to come up with a good way to do this later tonight, but if anyone beats me to it and sends patches before I have something ready, that would be great too :) - Giorgos