Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 Jan 2003 7:47 am, robin wrote: You don't need imwheel (see responses to my posts on an optical mouse). I have a Microsoft Intellimouse on one box and it works OK. My /etc/sysconfig/mouse file reads as follows: MOUSETYPE=ps/2 XMOUSETYPE=ExplorerPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Microsoft Explorer XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux You could compare this with what you have. XMOUSETYPE=ExplorerPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Microsoft Explorer XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux You could compare this with what you have. The XEMU3 and, of course, WHEEL lines are important. Perhaps these intellimice are not all the same? Mine is an elderly one. Bootup always record problems saying that it will be treated as a generic one, but the scroll and the middle-button behaviour work, so I'm tempted to leave it alone. FYI my /etc/sysconfig/mouse says MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. if you cann't trade it in on a logitech, try to set it up as logitech intellimouse and test it and see if that works... works for me... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:34 pm, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:44 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: AFAIK, install a program called imwheel and run it via the cli (imwheel) to start the program. That should start the wheel working. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. Nope, still nothing, guess Charlies' suggestion will have to be considered. I don't even have the third button function with the wheel let alone scrolling. Bummer! Thanks for the suggestions any others? You don't need imwheel (see responses to my posts on an optical mouse). I have a Microsoft Intellimouse on one box and it works OK. My /etc/sysconfig/mouse file reads as follows: MOUSETYPE=ps/2 XMOUSETYPE=ExplorerPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Microsoft Explorer XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux You could compare this with what you have. The XEMU3 and, of course, WHEEL lines are important. Sir Robin ** I'm using the MS Intellimouse also, and mine is ID'd as a PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheelmouse in /etc/sysconfig as follows: MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux Works OK. (No imwheel needed) Identical settings to mine. Do you get error messages during bootup? I do, but everything works fine. I wonder if mine is trying to ID it as something else, but settles for this as best bet. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 *** Anne, yes, I do get error messages, if I move the mouse, either on bootup or shutdown. That was pointed out to me as a possible cause of the messages by some other wise soul on this list. (can't remember who though) If I refrain from moving the mouse on boot or shutdown, I don't get error messages. Are you moving you're mouse when you shouldn't Anne??? ;-) LOL HTH. All the best. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- ___ http://www.operamail.com Now with OperaMail Premium for only US$29.99/yr Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
h, i set mine up as generic 3 wheel, and the pos works fine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of et Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. if you cann't trade it in on a logitech, try to set it up as logitech intellimouse and test it and see if that works... works for me... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 Jan 2003 4:03 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Anne, yes, I do get error messages, if I move the mouse, either on bootup or shutdown. That was pointed out to me as a possible cause of the messages by some other wise soul on this list. (can't remember who though) If I refrain from moving the mouse on boot or shutdown, I don't get error messages. Are you moving you're mouse when you shouldn't Anne??? ;-) LOL LOL - I get the messages if my hands are behind my back. It works, though, so if it ain't broke Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
Title: RE: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel On Friday 31 Jan 2003 7:37 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -- What you had to use mouse to mouse resuscitation? : ) Dennis M. Carefull, Dennis, you'll be accused of going OT ;) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 I've been accused of being OT (over the top) before, and can live with it.: ) Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: Perhaps these intellimice are not all the same? Mine is an elderly one. Bootup always record problems saying that it will be treated as a generic one, but the scroll and the middle-button behaviour work, so I'm tempted to leave it alone. FYI my /etc/sysconfig/mouse says MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux Anne No problem overhere. Mine is a USB-Intellimouse and /etc/sysconfig/mouse looks like: MOUSETYPE=ps/2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=USB|Wheel XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=usbmouse __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 January 2003 03:34 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: Perhaps these intellimice are not all the same? Mine is an elderly one. Bootup always record problems saying that it will be treated as a generic one, but the scroll and the middle-button behaviour work, so I'm tempted to leave it alone. FYI my /etc/sysconfig/mouse says MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux Anne No problem overhere. Mine is a USB-Intellimouse and /etc/sysconfig/mouse looks like: MOUSETYPE=ps/2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=USB|Wheel XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=usbmouse www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Well my mouse must be defective cause here is my /etc/sysconfig/mouse (looks the same to me); MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 January 2003 06:03 am, et wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. if you cann't trade it in on a logitech, try to set it up as logitech intellimouse and test it and see if that works... works for me... Ok I am going to go into the corner now and suck my thumb and curl up in a tight ball, the durned wheel started working all of a sudden:???I have no idea why, it came up after I looked at the sysconf/mouse files. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
Is yours an USB mouse? Mine is. If this is your case, select USB-wheel with mousedrake. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 31 January 2003 06:03 am, et wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. if you cann't trade it in on a logitech, try to set it up as logitech intellimouse and test it and see if that works... works for me... Ok I am going to go into the corner now and suck my thumb and curl up in a tight ball, the durned wheel started working all of a sudden:???I have no idea why, it came up after I looked at the sysconf/mouse files. In desperation, here's a dumbo trick I learned in my Windows days. 1. Make sure you have some kind of hardware detection daemon running (in my experience kudzu is the best, but for some reason that doesn't ship with Mdk any more). 2. Remove your mouse and reboot. 3. Plug in your mouse and reboot. Of course that's the kind of thing you should never have to do in Linux - a reboot should only be necessary if you're replacing something like the CPU or motherboard. On the other hand, I've sometimes reinstalled Mandrake out of sheer laziness - I knew that finding the way to do something without reinstalling would take me more than an hour, which is about how long it takes to install and configure Mandrake. Sir Robin -- Like these cutters, and hackers, who will take the wall of men, and picke quarrells. - G. Pettie Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 January 2003 05:36 pm, robin wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 31 January 2003 06:03 am, et wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. if you cann't trade it in on a logitech, try to set it up as logitech intellimouse and test it and see if that works... works for me... Ok I am going to go into the corner now and suck my thumb and curl up in a tight ball, the durned wheel started working all of a sudden:???I have no idea why, it came up after I looked at the sysconf/mouse files. In desperation, here's a dumbo trick I learned in my Windows days. 1. Make sure you have some kind of hardware detection daemon running (in my experience kudzu is the best, but for some reason that doesn't ship with Mdk any more). 2. Remove your mouse and reboot. 3. Plug in your mouse and reboot. Of course that's the kind of thing you should never have to do in Linux - a reboot should only be necessary if you're replacing something like the CPU or motherboard. On the other hand, I've sometimes reinstalled Mandrake out of sheer laziness - I knew that finding the way to do something without reinstalling would take me more than an hour, which is about how long it takes to install and configure Mandrake. Sir Robin Ok I am going to go into the corner now and suck my thumb and curl up in a tight ball, the durned wheel started working all of a sudden:???I have no idea why, it came up after I looked at the sysconf/mouse files. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Friday 31 January 2003 01:51 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel On Friday 31 Jan 2003 7:37 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: Ok I am going to go into the corner now and suck my thumb and curl up in a tight ball, the durned wheel started working all of a sudden:???I have no idea why, it came up after I looked at the sysconf/mouse files. Click on the wheel acts as the 3rd button too. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 13:30, Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. I'm rather surprised that it's not functioning for you - that's one thing that was relatively easy for me to switch'n'swap around - running mousedrake worked like a charm - but then again, it could be releated to the southern hemisphere where everything always works perfectly and all your dreams come true...(g) NOT! Hehehehehe... -- Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:40:00 +1100 1:40pm up 16:37, 4 users, load average: 0.66, 0.29, 0.30 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- I guess you guys got BIG MUSCLES from doing too much STUDYING! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
AFAIK, install a program called imwheel and run it via the cli (imwheel) to start the program. That should start the wheel working. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:30:51 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any suggestions. Trade it in for a logitech (-: Never had 1 that didn't work out of the box, p/s2, usb, cordless and even the MX700 Charles We all like praise, but a hike in our pay is the best kind of ways. -- Mandrake Linux 9.1 Kernel- 2.4.21pre4-1mdk -- msg117507/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:44 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: AFAIK, install a program called imwheel and run it via the cli (imwheel) to start the program. That should start the wheel working. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Nope, still nothing, guess Charlies' suggestion will have to be considered. I don't even have the third button function with the wheel let alone scrolling. Bummer! Thanks for the suggestions any others? -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 14:23, Dennis Myers wrote: Nope, still nothing, guess Charlies' suggestion will have to be considered. I don't even have the third button function with the wheel let alone scrolling. Bummer! Thanks for the suggestions any others? What happens if you choose a completely generic mouse, reboot, change the mouse with mosedracula back to the MS semi-Intellimoose, then reboot again - does that do anything at all? (or even running mouseconfig in a terminal...? -- Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:50:00 +1100 2:50pm up 17:47, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.18, 0.11 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth. -- Picasso Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:44 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: AFAIK, install a program called imwheel and run it via the cli (imwheel) to start the program. That should start the wheel working. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. Nope, still nothing, guess Charlies' suggestion will have to be considered. I don't even have the third button function with the wheel let alone scrolling. Bummer! Thanks for the suggestions any others? You don't need imwheel (see responses to my posts on an optical mouse). I have a Microsoft Intellimouse on one box and it works OK. My /etc/sysconfig/mouse file reads as follows: MOUSETYPE=ps/2 XMOUSETYPE=ExplorerPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Microsoft Explorer XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux You could compare this with what you have. XMOUSETYPE=ExplorerPS/2 FULLNAME=PS/2|Microsoft Explorer XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux You could compare this with what you have. The XEMU3 and, of course, WHEEL lines are important. Sir Robin -- -- A Perl script is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you. - Larry Wall Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Microsoft IntelliMouse
Does anyone know if a Microsoft IntelliMouse Trackball's wheel switch acts as a middle button? Thx, MB
