Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:55:53 +0100 From: Huw Wynn-Jones <huwwynnjones@neuf.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Connolly <tomc@cqg.com> Subject: Re: Wheel mouse question Message-ID: <200411092155.53807.huwwynnjones@neuf.fr> In-Reply-To: <051801c4c689$dc1fb060$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> References: <051801c4c689$dc1fb060$9a11a8c0@d3stomc>
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On Tuesday 09 November 2004 19:28, Tom Connolly wrote:
> Hello List.
> This is a total newbie question but I have been unable to make my wheel
> mouse work.
> I want to be able to scroll my browser (Opera) pages and my emacs editor
> and such.
> I have the following in my xorg.conf file:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> Option "Protocol" "auto"
> Option "Buttons" "7"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> EndSection
here is what i have in mine, copied from someone else's answer to the same
question:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "6"
EndSection
almost the same but...try it you never know.
>
> And in /etc/rc.conf I have added moused_flags="-z 4"
>
> I am running ImWheel but have not added anything special to the config
> file.
>
> Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong or what else I need to
> do?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Thomas
i don't have anything special mouse related in rc.conf. try commenting out the
moused_flags bit.
don't know what ImWheel is so i guess its not really needed.
my mouse works wheely well!
(sorry, dodgy joke)
Huw
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