From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 9 20:53:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F1037B40B for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:53:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1DC543E77 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:53:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7A3qVl44104; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:52:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:52:30 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: Peter Leftwich Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, John Bleichert Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse? Message-ID: <20020809205230.A43865@mail.seattleFenix.net> References: <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:38:18PM -0400 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * 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 > > > To: John Bleichert > > > Cc: FreeBSD LIST > > > 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 > > */ > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message