Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:02:45 -0500 From: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> To: marcelo cardoso martinelli <marcelocm70-lists@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: usb wheel mouse Message-ID: <3FDFB945.3040203@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <20031216135841.62316.qmail@web41012.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031216135841.62316.qmail@web41012.mail.yahoo.com>
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marcelo cardoso martinelli wrote: >i have a ms intellimouse optical usb mouse and i can't get the wheel to >work in X. > >here is my InputDevice section in XF86Config: > >"Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "IntelliMouse Explorer" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "Protocol" "Auto" > Option "Buttons" "7" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" >EndSection" > >i am running FreeBSD-5.0 Release and XFree86 4.2.1 > >TIA >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > From a freeBSD install/writeup I'm working on: The fix for the wheel involved setting an option or two: appending '-z4' to the moused command string in the "Mouse" section of /etc/usbd.conf New Line: attach "/usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/${DEVNAME} -I /var/run/moused.${DEVNAME}.pid -z4; /usr/sbin/vidcontrol -m on" and adding the following line to the InputDevice section of the XF86Config file: Option "Buttons" "6" See http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/x-wheel.html for further info or Google for 'FreeBSD X wheel mouse' for further information. This also allowed the 'wheel press' button to work as well. Scott
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