Logitech Wheel Mouse SuSE 8.0

[rwtischer]

I've been using SuSE 8.0 for about 6 months on two different machines. On one machine (not the one I usually work on) the Logitech wheel mouse works perfectly (the wheel scrolls everytime). I installed on both machines exactly the same way, but when I checked xf86config, the mouse settings were different. So I changed the settings on my main box and -viola- the wheel worked. But, sometimes it quits working and then it will just start working again. Any ideas why this might be happening?

Thanks,

Rob

As an aside, has anyone successfully configured SuSE 8.0 for 3D with an nvidia geforce2 mx 400

[mdwatts]

Could you post the InputDevice section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config or -4.

Have you installed the nvidia drivers from www.nvidia.com or are you still using the default 'nv' driver included with X?

[rwtischer]

I have included the InputDevice section, but it's from XF86Config - there is no XF86Config-4. Until yesterday I was unaware (blissfully?) that XFree had a 3x and 4x change. I do have three /usr/Xllr6/bin/ files

XF86Config
XF86Config3x
XF86Config4

but for configuration files, only the /etc/X11/XF86Config. Altering this file does seem to change things, but I know I don't understand the mechanics of the difference between XFree3x and 4x.

Thanks for your response.

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

[Penrich]

Originally posted by rwtischer
As an aside, has anyone successfully configured SuSE 8.0 for 3D with an nvidia geforce2 mx 400
Use SAX to update your system - it will download the nvidia drivers for you...

[rwtischer]

I ran 3DDiag and noted that I need to add

Load "glx"

and change the driver from "nv" to "nvidia", but when I make those changes X Window won't load. I tried using sax2, but it changed my monitor settings, which caused real trouble trying startx (rescue time - tg for knoppix). Anyway, I loaded the NVIDIA-kernel and NVIDIA-glx rpm's, but when I run 3Ddiag the output suggests running switch2nvidia_glx script, adding "SCRIPT_3D=swicth2nvidia_glx"" to the /etc/sysconfig/3Ddiag file. I'll try that and re-set the XF86Config file to incluse
"glx"
"nvidia" and
"16" color depth

Does this stuff sound like the right direction?

Thanks again.

Rob