Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 23:38:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse? Message-ID: <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090017400.10032-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:06:46 -0400 (EDT) > > From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> > > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > > Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse? > > > > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > > > YMMV with this. Entertainingly, with my cordless Logitech wheelmouse, the > > > wheel works great when I use it as a USB mouse, but when I use the > > > USB->ps2 converter and use it as a ps2 mouse, the wheel doesnt work. HAHA! > > > JB > > "YMMV?" I have the same mouse (Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse). How did > > you get it to work with XFree86? Do you know if it works with KDE's > > Konqueror 2.2.2 browser perchance? I still don't know what the acronym YMMV is for. > The XFree86 setup provided by everybody else so far worked fine for me, > specifically the > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" And my "5 button" mouse still isn't wheel enabled. Any other fixes, people? > line, which is all I really care about, as that's themouse wheel. > Humorously, in FreeBSD the wheel only works when I run it as a USB mouse. > Once I put the USB->PS/2 converter on it, the wheel works no more. I use > it as a USB mouse, so all is well. > > This link got me going: http://www.freebsddiary.org/usb-mouse.php > > HTH - JB > > /* > * John Bleichert > * syborg@stny.rr.com > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > */ -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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