if your using gpm to interact with X you need to set XF86config to use /dev/gpmdata instead of /dev/psaux
although the only wheel prog ive ever used is imwheel(with logitech trackman marble wheel trackballs) - which used /dev/psaux instead nate Bruce Miller wrote: > > I am yet another user having difficulty getting the wheel of a > Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (the big mouse with the optical eye) > to scroll in Linux. I am running Corel Linux Desktop version 1.2 > with a 2.2.16 kernel, and with Corel's modifications to KDE. Corel > Linux is a flavour of Debian, so a few packages are from the latest > stable release of Debian (potato). > > Xfree is version 3.3.6. gpm is version 1.17.8-18. Imwheel was > behaving strangely and I uninstalled it. Following advice from Colas > Nahaboo's X mouse wheel scroll page (http://www- > sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/) and other > sources, I set up the pointer section of XF86Config like this: > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "imps/2" > Device "/dev/psaux" > Resolution 100 > Buttons 5 > ZAxisMapping 4 5 > EndSection > > The following appear to be consensus settings for /etc/gpm.conf: > > device=y > responsiveness= > repeat_type=ms3 > type=imps2 > # append="" > > I will be trying Colas Nahaboo's modifications to Netscape to see if > the wheel scrolls there. I gather that users of Debian have had > particular difficulty getting a wheel mouse to scroll. Has anyone > solved this? > > I will be attempting to post this message to: > > debian-user@lists.debian.org > thecorelsupport.linux.corellinux newsgroup > X Mouse Wheel WWW Board: > http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
