Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
Aaron Zuercher wrote: My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? I had my mouse configed for the Logitech mouse, when I got the M$ mouse, I plueed it in and didn't change anything. Very basic mouse stuff only though What is interesting is that M$ Win 2k doesn'r support all M$ mice... :-) MarkP
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
imwheel is what it is called. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Fri, 5 May 2000 18:32:15 +0200 (CEST) Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 5 May 2000, hopper wrote: Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? There is an RPM on the distro CD called IWHEEL or something like that. I assume that is what you would need. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? Regards, Nathan
RE: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
There is a wheel patch at the mandrake update sute:-) -Original Message- From: hopper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? Regards, Nathan
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I also have a M$ Intellimouse (PS/2) perhaps it would have been better deemed a DumbAmouse (PS/2) type. As I think you are both very lucky to have had it work under M$. I bought it new with my win98 system and had this same problem using it under M$. I had to revert to a 20 year old two button mouse in order to get any use out of my M$ system, when I installed Linux I selected the generic PS/2 mouse configurations in the Mandrake install as I luckily had read here of others having this problem and thought I would do my self a favor by skipping over my desire for two buttons and a wheel. b/web Wade At 12:07 AM 5/5/00 -0500, you wrote: On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? Regards, Nathan
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
On Fri, 5 May 2000, hopper wrote: Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? There is an RPM on the distro CD called IWHEEL or something like that. I assume that is what you would need. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
Thanks Aaron for posting this. I am using the beta of MDK 7.1 and I also had the same problem with my MS Intellimouse . The only way that I could use the wheel mouse was to open a console as root and type 'imwheel' and then the process would start. If I closed the window then the wheel would stop. I'm subscribing to the Cooker lists and read that " 'imwheel' starts automatically with X ." when I asked for a possible workaround for the problem I was pleasantly ignored or overlooked. I tried your workaround and it works great --THANKS! Eunice - Original Message - From: "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? Thanks, Aaron
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I had the same problem with slackware. Have you ran XF86Setup and made sure you have the dev/psaux driver i think it is - Original Message - From: hopper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X? My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse. The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire randomly. My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic mouse? Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake, this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver. But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which allow for the use of the wheel? Regards, Nathan _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)
I tried imwheel but it does not work., or at least not for me. I did the old 'whereis' command, cd to the location /u sr/bin I think, and gave the command 'imwheel' it came up that it had already been started (I was using xterm at the time) but it didn't work. Not that it bothers me. If I wanted a M$ look-a-like I would not have deleted my DOS partition. As I am starting to realize, the fun lies in what you can not do! -- Andrew Blackburn England. There is an RPM on the distro CD called IWHEEL or something like that. I assume that is what you would need. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- Andrew Blackburn England
