ZAxisMapping in xorg7

manica · 2006-02-20 23:55:07

Did the ZAxisMapping option change in Xorg7? I can no longer use my mouse's scroll wheel.

Section InputDevice
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Thanks!
Darin

T-Dawg · 2006-02-21 00:03:09

did you install xf86-input-mice and xf86-input-keyboard?

Dusty · 2006-02-21 00:04:35

try running xev and scroll the wheel on the window. The console should show some numbers for the buttons, see if they are still 4 and 5 or not. Something seems to have changed there, you can change to different buttons if you like, or possibly use xmodmap to sort it out.

Dusty

bpisciot · 2006-02-21 00:16:56

Penguin wrote:

did you install xf86-input-mice and xf86-input-keyboard?

I did, and my scroll wheel is still not working.

In addition, I grabbed the working mouse section from my old xorg.conf and plugged it in. Still no wheel action.

Bob

T-Dawg · 2006-02-21 00:21:17

try using /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/psaux and change "auto" to something else like IMPS/2

manica · 2006-02-21 00:25:42

Thanks for the help, especially for the tip on xev. I hadn't know about that one.

For me, the solution was to change the protocol from Auto to ExplorerPS/2. So, for anybody else who has the problem. Here's my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Thanks!
Darin

T-Dawg · 2006-02-21 00:32:24

it wont hurt to change /dev/psaux to /dev/input/mice on the 2.6 kernel -it will automatically choose the right one.

manica · 2006-02-21 00:38:26

I just switched to /dev/input/mice and it works, so I'll stick with it. Thanks for all the help!

Darin

bogomipz · 2006-02-21 17:44:06

I also had to change from auto to imps/2 for my wheel to work. This was the only change I had to do when upgrading from 6.8.2 to 7.0, except for font paths.

My mouse section looks like this:

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier    "Mouse"
  Driver        "mouse"
  Option        "Protocol" "imps/2"
  Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Dusty · 2006-02-21 18:05:48

For the record (again, I've said this before), the protocol should be ExplorerPS2 for 2.6 kernels. I got this from a kernel dev, my understanding is that in 2.6 they combined all the mouse input devices into a single driver or something such that they all behave the same way (ie: ExplorerPS/2) no matter what the input. Could save some future headaches if you switch to that now. Of course, if this is all true, you'd wonder why the auto protocol doesn't point to ExplorerPS/2.

Dusty

Mr Green · 2006-02-22 17:00:21

well xmodmap I changed from

pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5

to

pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 8 9 10 11

& it works again weird

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#1 2006-02-20 23:55:07

ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#2 2006-02-21 00:03:09

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#3 2006-02-21 00:04:35

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#4 2006-02-21 00:16:56

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#5 2006-02-21 00:21:17

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#6 2006-02-21 00:25:42

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#7 2006-02-21 00:32:24

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#8 2006-02-21 00:38:26

Re: ZAxisMapping in xorg7

#9 2006-02-21 17:44:06

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#10 2006-02-21 18:05:48

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#11 2006-02-22 17:00:21

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