Coinfiguring IBM Optical Mouse in X

[Hellion_Prime]

I recently purchased an IBM optical mouse, and I'm having trouble using all of the buttons and wheel in X. The model number from the bottom of the unit is M027F0. The mouse has the standard two buttons, plus a wheel that also acts as a 3rd button if pressed. There is also a 4th button for the thumb. The wheel lights up with a blue LED when the computer is on.

I've checked the moust configuration sections of the online documentation at xfree86.org, and have tried the auto protocol with no luck. Has anybody else tried to use one of these, and if so, what did you do?

Thanks.

--HP

[bdg1983]

PS/2?

Something like this should work

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

[Hellion_Prime]

Yeah, its PS/2. Running Redhat 7.1 with whichever version of Xfree86 4 that it shipped with. I checked the box today at work, and the full name of the mouse is the IBM Optical Navigator, made for IBM by Micro Innovations.

--HP

[bdg1983]

Did you try what I suggested in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?

Verify the 3 lines here are correct and modify if necessary. Make a backup copy first.

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Those should work for your mouse. If not, then try a Google search ( www.google.com/linux) (http://www.google.com/linux)) and also try the mouse configuration sections at www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org)