MS Optical Mouse problem

shankariyer · 03-16-2003, 10:44 PM

Hello,

I've Mandrake 9.0 and during installation, I accidentaly chose standard mouse( 2 buttons ) for my MS Optical mouse( with wheel ).

Now I'm unable to use the wheel's funcionality.

When I run Hard-drake, under PS2, I'm not able to see anything that closly matches my mouse's functionality.

Which one is the correct one or closest to MS Mouse with a wheel.

Thanks.
Kramer.

ofeet · 03-16-2003, 10:56 PM

I had the same problem with redhat 8.0

I don't know if it'll work in mandrake, but here's what I did.

go to 'start' > system settings > mouse
(I use 'start' because what do you call the linux thing?)

there you should be able to change your mouse. The weird thing is, when I did mine it made my mouse go retarded. I had to restart X11 (ctrl+alt+backspace) to get my mouse to work normal. I would recommend a restart though.

Steve Cronje · 03-16-2003, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by shankariyer

When I run Hard-drake, under PS2, I'm not able to see anything that closly matches my mouse's functionality.

Which one is the correct one or closest to MS Mouse with a wheel.

I needed to edit my XF86Config-4 file

Try XF86Config man for more assistance

This is the relevant section in the file
The protocol IMPS/2 works, and the ZAxisMapping gets the wheel working

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

HTH
Steve

shankariyer · 03-21-2003, 01:02 AM

Steve,

You rock !
Your suggestion worked. Thanks a zillion.

Kramer.