Hi all, sorry I'm a bit behind on e-mail... I'm having the exact problem
as Andrew. My Intellimouse wheel doesn't work in Netscape 4.75 but does
in Konqueror and other apps. If I take Sridhar's suggestion of running
"imwheel -k" and then go back to Netscape, the mouse wheel works! Go
back to Konqueror, it still works! Switch back to Netscape -- it doesn't
work again!!!
Also, I've noticed that if I run DrakConf: Mouse choice, it always shows
PS/2: Standard. So, I change it to PS/2: Microsoft IntelliMouse. Click
OK and quit DrakConf, then restart it again. Check my Mouse choice
again, and it's set back to "Standard." I'm just curious -- are these
two issues possibly related?
- jim
On 1/14/01 8:38 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan spoke the words:
>On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:14, Andrew Iovannisci wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Seems that my scroll wheel doesn't scroll with Netscape (v4.75). It works
>> just fine with Konqueror and Kmail, however.
>>
>> I also get some interesting reactions when I click the wheel.
>> ( By click, I mean push down on the wheel like it was a third button)
>> In Kmail, it pastes the last item copied to the clipboard.
>> In Netscape, when I click the wheel, it does a search for whatever was last
>> copied to the clipboard. Is this normal?
>
>Yes, it is.
>
>>
>> Here is what is listed in my /etc/X11/XF86config
>>
>> Section "Pointer"
>> Protocol "IMPS/2"
>> Device "/dev/mouse"
>> ZAxisMapping 4 5
>>
>> # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
>>
>> # ChordMiddle
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> I'm running Mandrake 7.2. The mouse is a Logitech cordless wheel mouse.
>> I've also tried a Microsoft Intellimouse with the same results.
>
>Your /etc/X11/XF86config looks fine. What version of XFree86 do you have? If
>it is 3.x than you need to install the imwheel package and then run "imwheel
>-k" whenever you start X (I think newer versions of imwheel start
>automatically with X). If you have version 4.x then you don't need imwheel.
>To have wheel scrolling work in Netscape click in the frame you want to
>scroll (if the page has multiple frames) and then use the wheel. Make sure
>that Num Lock is off.
>
>> Any input would be appreciated.
>> Andy
>
>--
>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
>
