mouse problems

[Charles Malespin]

On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 10:19 +0200, David Jacobs wrote:
> 2005/6/17, Charles Malespin <charles.malespin at gmail.com>:
> > Hi all, I had to reset my xorg settings and when I rebooted it gave me
> > the option of choosing either the gnome mouse set up or the X mouse set
> > up. I picked the X set up, but now my mouse scroll wheel wont work. It
> > worked fine before, but I cant get it to change now. Can some one help
> > me enable this? Its just your standard mouse, came with my dell computer
> > so its pretty basic. Thanks.
> > Charles
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In short: The mouse-settings are in the Xorg-configuration (assuming
> you're using Xorg) and should be adjusted.
> 
> In long: The config-file is probably situated in /etc/X11 and is
> called xorg.conf. Open up a terminal and type:
>   sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Type in you're password.
> Look for "Section "InputDevice"" with "Driver "mouse""  mentioned. It
> looks something like this:
> Section "InputDevice"
> # Identifier and driver
>     Identifier  "Mouse1"
>     Driver      "mouse"
>     Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
>     Option "Device"      "/dev/usbmouse"
>     Option "Buttons"     "5"
>     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection 
> 
> Check if this option exists in your config-file:
>   Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> If not, add it! Maybe it might be necessary to add (I'm not sure about this):
>     Option "Buttons"     "5"
> 
> Save the file, log off and reboot the X-server with <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace>.
> 
> I hope this helps. I cannot check this thouroughly because I'm not
> working on my computer right now.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> [Googled with these parameters: linux scroll wheel xorg]
> 

Here is a copy of the Mouse section in my xorg.conf.  I had the Z Axis
line in there, but the rest was different.  Does this help, I havent
changed anything yet either....  Charles
-------------- next part --------------
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"