From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 17:49:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9673E16A584 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 17:49:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ericx@vineyard.net) Received: from smtp1.vineyard.net (a1.vineyard.net [204.17.195.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A1343D48 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 17:49:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ericx@vineyard.net) Received: from localhost (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25ABE15818DB; Tue, 30 May 2006 13:49:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.vineyard.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ace1.vineyard.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17502-01-53; Tue, 30 May 2006 13:49:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [204.17.195.104] (fortiva.vineyard.net [204.17.195.104]) by smtp1.vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB72315818DA; Tue, 30 May 2006 13:49:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <447C8566.2050400@vineyard.net> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:48:22 -0400 From: "Eric W. Bates" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= References: <4474B9A8.2040701@vineyard.net> <8664jnzxv2.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <8664jnzxv2.fsf@xps.des.no> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS-ace1 at Vineyard.NET Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using imwheel with Freebsd 6.1 and xorg 6.9.0_2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:49:30 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > "Eric W. Bates" writes: >> There are a couple of HowTos on-line which describe how to configure >> imwheel to work with X11 and FreeBSD. > > You don't need imwheel. With FreeBSD 6.1 and X.org 6.9, wheel mice > should work out of the box: devd (enabled by default) starts moused > (default configuration works fine for USB mice) when a USB mouse is > plugged in, and X understands wheel events from moused without any > special configuration. emacs scrolling works with imwheel; but not without it. Other apps I've tested ALL work without imwheel (emacs is the only exception, I've found -- but my emacs doesn't have scrollbars configured): xterm konsole firefox thunderbird Openoffice 2.x KDE Control Center > The only problem you may run into is the IntelliMouse Explorer issue, > where fast scrolling in a browser window may be misinterpreted as > forward / backward history commands. > > DES - -- Eric W. Bates ericx@vineyard.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEfIVlD1roJTQ4LlERAraxAKCEPrwwGqEUpRnSJWdOn4gP/5JykwCfU1ec 6//alWXBz3y428rvznDX0ts= =tlpr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----