Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:26:22 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090017400.10032-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020808210511.H85736-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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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 > > /* > > * John Bleichert > > * syborg@stny.rr.com > > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > */ > > "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? > The XFree86 setup provided by everybody else so far worked fine for me, specifically the Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 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 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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