Nervous Mouse Syndrome

Joseph ubuntu at e-pops.org
Fri Apr 4 18:24:58 UTC 2008


NoOp wrote:
> On 04/04/2008 06:59 AM, Joseph wrote:
> 
>>
>> It's a PC Trac Deluxe+ PD800 by MicroSpeed Inc.  It fits the old
>> mouse port rather than the OS2 or USB.
>>
>> Both of these: PC Delux track Ball 
>> [http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Microspeed-PC-TRAC-Deluxe-PD-800] 
>> Microsoft Optical 1.0 PS2/USB Compatible optical track ball 
>> [http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/3298/cat/myprod]
>>
>>
>> ...have worked beautifuly on my XP Pro system.  Just not on Ubuntu.
>>
>> Interestingly, my optical trackball has the two buttons for "page
>> forward" and "page back" but they don't work, as the writer on the
>> page indicated, but thought the responder said it could be programed,
>> there was no info on how....
> 
> Please post this section from your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



Here it is....


Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection



I do notice one thing, I have two main buttons, and two for moving through internet pages.  The 
option here says 3 buttons.  I wonder what other references there might be for that?










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