Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:52:30 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattleFenix.net> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse? Message-ID: <20020809205230.A43865@mail.seattleFenix.net> In-Reply-To: <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:38:18PM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090017400.10032-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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* Peter Leftwich (Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) [020809 20:38]:
> 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.
Your Mileage May Vary.
cd /usr/ports/games/wtf; make all install distclean;
wtf(6)
NAME
wtf - translates acronyms for you
SYNOPSIS
wtf [is] acronym ...
> > 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?
This isn't a fix. This is how it gets configured. You might want to take a
look at why KDE isn't properly responding to the wheel. After you've set up X
to use the wheel, test it using non-KDE applications such as aterm, XMMS, or
Mozilla.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#AEN3767
> > 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
> > */
>
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- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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