[gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Hi all Just about got Gentoo up and running as I want it. Taken a while with all the tweaking and re-tweaking but I've not had as much fun with a computer for years. I've got a couple of problems which, so far, have got me pulling my hair out as nothing I try fixes them. I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2) which seems to be detected correctly but the wheel will not work under KDE. Under KDE Control center peripherals mouse I get the option to adjust the scroll rate, but this has no effect. The wheel seems to be working as a left button, if I click the wheel over an icon or file that item is selected. I've tried all the fixes I've found on the web (not many, most seem to relate to cordless mice) without success. I'll post the other problem as a separate posting. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Stewart Taylor wrote: I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2) which seems to be detected correctly but the wheel will not work under KDE. Under KDE Control center peripherals mouse I get the option to adjust the scroll rate, but this has no effect. The wheel seems to be working as a left button, if I click the wheel over an icon or file that item is selected. I've tried all the fixes I've found on the web (not many, most seem to relate to cordless mice) without success. Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf For a wheel mouse you need the following options in section InputDevice: OptionProtocol IMPS/2 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:46 pm, Stewart Taylor wrote: I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2) which seems to be detected correctly but the wheel will not work under KDE. When you edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf you should have the something similar to the following under the Input Device Section. Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol PS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Corepointer Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection Hope this helps Regards, ScottyB -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Stewart Taylor schreef: Hi all Just about got Gentoo up and running as I want it. Taken a while with all the tweaking and re-tweaking but I've not had as much fun with a computer for years. I've got a couple of problems which, so far, have got me pulling my hair out as nothing I try fixes them. I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2) which seems to be detected correctly but the wheel will not work under KDE. Under KDE Control center peripherals mouse I get the option to adjust the scroll rate, but this has no effect. The wheel seems to be working as a left button, if I click the wheel over an icon or file that item is selected. I've tried all the fixes I've found on the web (not many, most seem to relate to cordless mice) without success. I'll post the other problem as a separate posting. I suspect your problem is twofold: 1) you may or may not have your mouse set up properly for multiple buttons; 2) you may have the wrong buttons defined as the scroll wheel. Let me explain: I have a Typhoon Optical Wireless mouse which has 7 buttons (left, right, wheel up, wheel down, wheel press-as-a-button, and two thumb-operated buttons on the left side). When I got it, I just used the 'traditonal' wheelmouse settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol Auto Option Buttons7 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Device /dev/input/mice But this did not work properly-- what happened was that the wheel didn't work, and the side buttons were being used as the wheel (which also didn't work, because they aren't a wheel). This was because the mouse itself lists the side buttons as 4 and 5, and the wheel as buttons 6 and 7. So I had to tell X this: Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol Auto Option Buttons7 Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 Option Device /dev/input/mice And it works fine (previously used imwheel, but that's no longer necessary, at least in my case). You can run xev in a term and activate your various buttons to see which one is which. That should help you set up the Mouse section of your X config file correctly. HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Hi Thanks to Holly , Peter and Scotty for the fix. It now works a treat. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stewart Taylor wrote: Hi Thanks to Holly , Peter and Scotty for the fix. It now works a treat. Stewart Um, I have the same problem. But (and I suspect this is why), I have no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. KDE runs great! I've done a 'find / -name xorg.conf' and only came up with files for vmware-tools (/usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-linux-tools/files/5.0.0/xorg.conf). So, 4 questions 1) Why wouldn't a default xorg.conf be installed? 2) Is there possibly another config file that my system is using? 3) Could the vmware-tools sample be sufficient to build one (xorg.conf)? 4) Would it be used, if I'm not using one now? Thanks. - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDLxBFLYGSSmmWCZMRAi5wAKCf6d0rkrFrkfqqIN09z2GVB8jEWwCgl07G gAMtKbhNri+9Aj1ZqaKFz3w= =dFto -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
1) Why wouldn't a default xorg.conf be installed? Xorg.conf contains detailed info about your installation, a default one doesn't do you much good except for to use a vanilla x config. 2) Is there possibly another config file that my system is using? I'm sure it defaults to a simple config that would work across most installations but, as you've noticed things like the wheel are not part of the vanilla config. 3) Could the vmware-tools sample be sufficient to build one (xorg.conf)? Probably not as it would not be part of the normal path. 4) Would it be used, if I'm not using one now? Nope. See the gentoo wiki for how to build an initial xorg.conf file and extend it for your wheel mouse support. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
gentuxx schreef: Stewart Taylor wrote: Hi Thanks to Holly , Peter and Scotty for the fix. It now works a treat. Stewart Um, I have the same problem. But (and I suspect this is why), I have no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. KDE runs great! I've done a 'find / -name xorg.conf' and only came up with files for vmware-tools (/usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-linux-tools/files/5.0.0/xorg.conf). So, 4 questions 1) Why wouldn't a default xorg.conf be installed? Because you upgraded from XFree86 (which uses a differently-named, but exactly similarly-configured file)? 2) Is there possibly another config file that my system is using? XF86Config (or XF86Config-4)? Xorg will use this if it finds it. 3) Could the vmware-tools sample be sufficient to build one (xorg.conf)? Why would you bother? There is a configuration utility, you know. I don't know what it's called though, as I've never used it (just renamed my XF86Config to xorg.cfg and went on from there). Oh, scratch that, it's called xorgcfg. Very logically found with a guess and a 'which'. 4) Would it be used, if I'm not using one now? Are you running Linux under VMWare in Windows or some such? I know nothing about that (but Dave says not, so I believe him :-) ). Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Holly Bostick: 3) Could the vmware-tools sample be sufficient to build one (xorg.conf)? Why would you bother? There is a configuration utility, you know. I don't know what it's called though, as I've never used it (just renamed my XF86Config to xorg.cfg and went on from there). Oh, scratch that, it's called xorgcfg. Very logically found with a guess and a 'which'. You could also try Xorg -configure. From man Xorg: -configure When this option is specified, the Xorg server loads all video driver modules, probes for available hardware, and writes out an initial xorg.conf(5x) file based on what was detected. This option currently has some problems on some platforms, but in most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the configuration process. This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0). HTH Sergio -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:23:50 -0700, gentuxx wrote: 2) Is there possibly another config file that my system is using? Do you have a /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config. Xorg uses them if it can't find its own config. -- Neil Bothwick DOOM , said Pooh, and Slaughtered Christopher Robin with a chainsaw pgpSNit5UzqaR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
/var/log/Xorg.log.0 (I think thats what it is named, its pretty easy to find in /var/log) will tell you what config file X is using. X _may_ work without a config file _if_ everything is auto detected, but I have never struck it (then again all my hardware is oldish). More likely it is working with an XFree config file in the same directory. Anyway, the log file will tell you. On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:23:50 -0700 gentuxx wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stewart Taylor wrote: Hi Thanks to Holly , Peter and Scotty for the fix. It now works a treat. Stewart Um, I have the same problem. But (and I suspect this is why), I have no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. KDE runs great! I've done a 'find / -name xorg.conf' and only came up with files for vmware-tools (/usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-linux-tools/files/5.0.0/xorg.conf). So, 4 questions 1) Why wouldn't a default xorg.conf be installed? 2) Is there possibly another config file that my system is using? 3) Could the vmware-tools sample be sufficient to build one (xorg.conf)? 4) Would it be used, if I'm not using one now? Thanks. - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDLxBFLYGSSmmWCZMRAi5wAKCf6d0rkrFrkfqqIN09z2GVB8jEWwCgl07G gAMtKbhNri+9Aj1ZqaKFz3w= =dFto -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
