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Mouse Scroll Wheel [SOLVED]

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Post by MethodZ » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:06 pm

Ok, i had problems with the mouse when i first booted KDE, and read somethinga bout changing it From Microsoft to PS/2
and that fixed it, but now my wheel doesn't work... can anyone tell me why?... or how to fix it :-D.. thanks
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Post by Xaid » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:09 pm

Do you have:

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Option      "ZAxismapping"      "4 5"
in your mouse [InputDevice] section in your Xorg file? if not try adding that and restarting X.
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Post by Kaiiserni » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:10 pm

MethodZ wrote:Ok, i had problems with the mouse when i first booted KDE, and read somethinga bout changing it From Microsoft to PS/2
and that fixed it, but now my wheel doesn't work... can anyone tell me why?... or how to fix it :-D.. thanks
you have to add

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Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
to your xorg.conf in section InputDevice
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Post by MethodZ » Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:14 am

Still Doesn't Scroll.... :cry:
Any Other Suggestions :?:
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Post by Xaid » Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:36 am

what protocol is the mouse using? it should be:

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Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
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Post by Raistlin » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:37 pm

make sure that the kernel modules are either loaded ore compiled into the kernel:

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Post by MethodZ » Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:01 pm

Thanks All...

Xaid the protocol was wrong...

It works now... Thanks!
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