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Finrod Felagund
08-27-2004, 03:35 PM
Hello everyone! :)

I am fairly new to the Linux world and have a question about my new mouse:

How can I make the scroll wheel to work???

I'm working under Mandrake Linux 9.1.
I've read somewhere that I'll peobably have to change something in /etc/X11/XF86Config. Right now it says:

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection

Does anyone have any idea what to change so I can use the scroll wheel? Thanks in advance!
happybunny
08-27-2004, 03:53 PM
did you leave out the """"" around 4 5 or just when you posted?

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
ZAxisMapping "4 5"
Finrod Felagund
08-27-2004, 04:03 PM
Thank you, that helped! :D

I have no idea why the "" were missing as untill now I had never edited the file manually :confused:
hard candy
08-27-2004, 06:08 PM
In case you wanted to configure it some more:

Hayl (http://www3.telus.net/public/dale_d/scrollmouse.html)

has a good howto on his site. And

linux gamers (http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=46)

have one as well.