[plug] XFree86 4.0 pain in the scroller

[adrian_blockley at dingoblue.net.au]

G'day James,

I have just gone through the pain of getting xfree86 4.0.1 working with a
Genius Netscroll optical mouse (PS/2).  I finally got it working using the
Xfree86 IntelliMouse protocol rather than NetMousePS/2 protocol that was
suggested as the correct protocol in the X docs. Have you used the IMPS/2
driver which is the correct driver for the ps/2 version of the
Intellimouse?  My understanding is that the IntelliMouse protocol is the
serial driver and may not work correctly with the PS2 mouse (though I
haven't tried this to see if it is true.

If it helps I have included the mouse driver section of my XF86Config
file. You will need to include the ZAxisMapping and Buttons options.

I use imwheel to map the mouse controls for various applications but you
can also set various controls for different applications in .Xdefaults.

A very useful resource is the X mouse wheel scroll page at

http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll

Cheers


Adrian

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"

#  *** this is the ps/2 IntelliMouse driver
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"

#  *** works as 3 button mouse (ie no wheel etc)
    #Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"  
# *** Doesn't work (mouse pointer erratic)
    #Option "Protocol"    "NetMousePS/2"
# *** Doesn't work (buttons don't work unless pointer moving!)
    #Option "Protocol"    "NetScrollPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Buttons" "5"





On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, James Robert New wrote:

> It was pretty hard to get all the X stuff running again after
> installingXFree86 4.0
> However it won't let me use the combination of ps2 mouse and intellimouse.
> So I use the adapter but now the scroll wheel doesn't work.
> I would like to get it going again .
> Could anyone be of assistance.
> TIA
> James
> 
> 
> 




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