On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:43:15PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > From: Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:23:16AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > I suspect as much. I find that I have two mouse sections in my X > > > configuration, and their Protocol is "PS/2", while my Microsoft mouse > > > is an IntelliMouse, which has its own "IntelliMuse" > > > protocol.=20 > > > > "Intellimouse" protocol is for serial-port mice. These are dead rare > > nowadays. For a PS/2 Intellimouse you need Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2", > > and to get the scroll wheel working, Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5". > > Thanks. That's a big help, especially if I fail to get my optical > mouse working. > > > Try mdetect. > > I looked around, but couldn't get much information from > googling. Apparently mdetect is usually used with some kind of front > end, but I've no idea what such a front end might be. Does it require > this other program, or can you just run it by itself to probe a mouse?
I've only ever used it once... just ran it from the command line and it told me what the mouse was. No front end required. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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