Thinkpad multiple mouse and Firefox problem

bh · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

Short version: When I use the middle button on the Thinkpad to scroll, it automatically pastes whatever is in the buffer to Firefox, and tries to open a new web page.

Long version: I've just added a section in my XF86Config for a USB mouse. I made a lot of changes, and accidentally overwrote my old config, which worked fine. Now, whenever I try to use the middle button on the Thinkpad to scroll in Firefox, it tries to go to another web page.

I have tried variations of the Trackpoint section with no luck.

Here are the relevent parts of the config file:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true" #on for scrolling
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" #on for scrolling
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" #on for scrolling
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
# Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" #on for scrolling
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "USBMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
# Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
# Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Buttons" "5" #Should be 7, not using other 2
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

InputDevice "Trackpoint" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

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bh · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

I appreciate the answer, but this didn't come up until I changed the XF86Config.

bh · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

I forgot one thing. This config was working for about a year before this. It is definitely related to my change in XF86Config, not a change in Firefox. No USB mouse hooked up during testing, although the configuration info was still there.

transient · l33t Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 759

Quick check: what happens if you comment out all lines relating to the USB mouse?

schmobag · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

I have a ThinkPad r51. Using the middle button to scroll in firefox works fine for me. My xorg.conf is here.

However, I have noticed that I can also use the middle button to paste whatever is in the clipboard. It's actually become a useful feature for me when I need to paste into a console.

BrianNJ · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 53

are you using the tp-scroll utility?

http://rsim.cs.uiuc.edu/~sachs/tp-scroll/