Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
Linus Drouhard wrote: I had a similar issue with my mouse attached to the PS2 port. Couldn't get it to work in MDK 9 at all. Put the adapter on and plugged into USB and it works fine. I have no ideas why. My son has similar computer (different mouse) and his works through USB port. That's interesting - I've used PS/2 to serial adapters, but I've never even heard of a PS/2 to USB adaptor - don't the two protocols work at different speeds? Anyway, I fixed my mouse problem by using the clever heuristics I developed in my Microsoft days - do things at random, reboot, reinstall programs, whatever. I suspect the thing that made the crucial difference was putting it on some printed paper instead of blank paper (my desk is no good, as it has a glass top which drives optical mice crazy). 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
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
On Wed, January 22 2003 5:37 am, robin wrote: *snip* That's interesting - I've used PS/2 to serial adapters, but I've never even heard of a PS/2 to USB adaptor - don't the two protocols work at different speeds? *snip* USB Devices work at only what they need, therefore, it is quite conceivable that a simple PS2 to USB adapter can do the job. My Logitech Trackman Wheel is a USB/PS2 mouse. It has a USB plug, and it came with an adapter to plug into the PS/2 mouse port that I can plug that USB mouse into. However, it's just an interface change, it doesn't actually provide a USB port, so that might be what is misleading you. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
I had a similar issue with my mouse attached to the PS2 port. Couldn't get it to work in MDK 9 at all. Put the adapter on and plugged into USB and it works fine. I have no ideas why. My son has similar computer (different mouse) and his works through USB port. Linus On Monday 20 January 2003 01:21, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 23:13, Rob Wideman wrote: So it's safe to assume that you've rerun mousedrake and all that jazz, right? I am using a MS Optical usb/ps2 mouse attached to an Apex Outlook KVM when i installed MDK9. Once i got it installe i used mousedrake and selected the generic ps2 wheel mouse and clicked OK, after that anything that i did with the mouse it would go to the upper right corner and just start shaking. I changed the config file for X11 and nogo. Any thoughts on how to get the wheel working? Rob Same setup, had the same issue. Happens every time I install mdk. Press down on the wheel and then scroll a little. Might take a few times. If that doesn't do it (it should), hit ALT F7 and ALT F1. (or vice versa, can't remember) In any case, it will reinit your mouse and you should be good to go. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 01:44:13 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've hunted around on the web, but there's little documentation on imwheel. Anyone who's had similar problems, please answwer before I take it back to the shop! With todays WMs and apps 95% of the time you do not need imwheel and in fact it can as you have seen cause problems. rpm -e imwheel and then run mousedrake and select the appropriate mouse, ps/2 usb wheel mouse I have been using a wheel mouse for years (optical since they came out) and have not had imwheel install since 7.2 and have never had a problem using the wheel. We will skip the subject of Sir Robin and Faeries, unless of course you want to talk about Porky's. Charles msg116070/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 10:44, robin wrote: I've just bought an optical wheel mouse with the name of - dig this - Optical Faerie - chic 1380 (it's from China, and assume they were going through a thesaurus). After installing imwheel, the wheeel works as a middle button, but rolling it to scroll only works in Mozilla. Scorlling in KWrite, OO etc, prints a 3 one way and a 9 in the other. I've hunted around on the web, but there's little documentation on imwheel. Anyone who's had similar problems, please answwer before I take it back to the shop! Sir Robin So it's safe to assume that you've rerun mousedrake and all that jazz, right? I do have to say, though, that the name is definitely attractive to my daughter - she wants one now...(I read the email whilst she was in the room - my bad) -- Mon Jan 20 18:00:00 EST 2003 6:00pm up 4 days, 3:43, 6 users, load average: 0.06, 0.22, 0.19 -- |____ | 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 -- Our swords shall play the orators for us. -- Christopher Marlowe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
So it's safe to assume that you've rerun mousedrake and all that jazz, right? I am using a MS Optical usb/ps2 mouse attached to an Apex Outlook KVM when i installed MDK9. Once i got it installe i used mousedrake and selected the generic ps2 wheel mouse and clicked OK, after that anything that i did with the mouse it would go to the upper right corner and just start shaking. I changed the config file for X11 and nogo. Any thoughts on how to get the wheel working? Rob __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications
On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 23:13, Rob Wideman wrote: So it's safe to assume that you've rerun mousedrake and all that jazz, right? I am using a MS Optical usb/ps2 mouse attached to an Apex Outlook KVM when i installed MDK9. Once i got it installe i used mousedrake and selected the generic ps2 wheel mouse and clicked OK, after that anything that i did with the mouse it would go to the upper right corner and just start shaking. I changed the config file for X11 and nogo. Any thoughts on how to get the wheel working? Rob Same setup, had the same issue. Happens every time I install mdk. Press down on the wheel and then scroll a little. Might take a few times. If that doesn't do it (it should), hit ALT F7 and ALT F1. (or vice versa, can't remember) In any case, it will reinit your mouse and you should be good to go. -- ~Brandon http://www.vanderberg.net Linux 2.4.19-16mdk - The Universe is populated by stable things. -- Richard Dawkins signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
