Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:09:00 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Art Bugorski <captainpinko@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook, X11 Configuration Message-ID: <20050121160900.GB40390@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050121035146.44604.qmail@web53602.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050121035146.44604.qmail@web53602.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2005-01-20 19:51, Art Bugorski <captainpinko@yahoo.com> 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050121160900.GB40390>