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sykotik

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Registered: 2004-06-15

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MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Im having this problem on my laptop running arch.  I have the USB module loaded.  My XF86Config file looks as follows.

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "dev/usbmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

I get output from this usbmouse via (cat)

cat /dev/usbmouse

or

cat /dev/input/mouse2

With both cats, I get output by scrolling the wheel and by depressing the wheel(5th button).

I really don't know what else to try.  I have tried putting protocol on auto, and switching device path to /dev/input/mouse2 with no luck.

mattux

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Registered: 2004-04-22

Posts: 81

Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

which kernel do you use?

try to make your own 2.6 kernel with compiled in usb and usb-hid.....

sykotik

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

2.6.6

mattux

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Registered: 2004-04-22

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

if you know how try to compile your own kernel....
and compile in the device/usb ans device/usb-human-interface-device.....
this solved the problem for me

mattux

Dusty

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

With Kernel 2.6, always use the "ExplorerPS/2" protocol. The kernel automatically parses the input events from any mouse (even USB) and sends it to the X Server (and other) as ExplererPS/2.

Dusty

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sykotik

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Changed my protocol.

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

still no luck on the wheel working.

I was wondering about my XF86.configure file path.  Upon first configuring XF86, I did:

XFree86 -configure

Doing this placed a XF86Config.new file in my root directory.   As I look around on boards/FAQS/Wiki I see that most people have their XF86config file in /etc/X11/ or some other folder then root.  Just wondering if I need to move this file around at all.

Dusty

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Your device should have a / in it, as in

Option      "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"

Yes, it should be in /etc/X11/. If there's one there, it's probably being used instead of the one you have created, I think, so your changes won't be visible.

Dusty

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sykotik

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

It still isn't working :'(

I'm just confused that I would get output from cat and no scrolling, makes me think its a ZAxisMapping type problem, do I need to use other things to enable this feature maybe?

oldtimer

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Registered: 2004-06-18

Posts: 17

Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

I would suggest you type the following:

Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

instead of:

Option      "Buttons" "5"

This works for the "oldtimer"!

Dusty

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

You might try different numbers of buttons too. You can use xev to see what kind of mapping you're getting, but it doesn't make a lot of sense...

my mouse section:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option "Buttons" "6"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "5 6"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
    Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
    Option "EmulateWheelButton" "4"
EndSection

I have a four button mouse with no wheel, so I have the emulatewheel options; you won't want that... maybe try the the /dev/input/mouse0, might work...

Dusty

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sud_crow

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Hi,

I have a MS Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A, its not the explorer (it has 3 butttons instead of 5) but its USB and  its almost the same...

Im not using it as /dev/usbmouse but as this:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf (its the same as XF86Config)

# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "imps/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/misc/psaux"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

As you see, im using it as a ps/2 mouse and works great... maybe this will help... as with protocol "Auto" and /dev/usbmouse my wheel didnt work either.

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sykotik

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Registered: 2004-06-15

Posts: 49

Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Ok I think I may know the source of the problem, I think it has to do with my XF86Config file location.  After everything didn't help I went and read my XF86config.log.

Firts let me explain how I configured X.

XFree86 -configure

This made a new configuration file in my root directory entitled XF86Config.new

I have just been editing this and it was not picking up on the changes sence it was not in the correct cirectory( basically what Dusty had said).

When i inspected the XF86 log I had "could not find config file".  So I think this is the source of the problem is the location fo the file not the file itself. 

I then after moved the config file to the /etc/X11 directory.  Restarted X, and still had the same error in the log, and no scrolling.

When I put it into this directory I named it XF86Config, without the .new extension, and I even tried add two files into this folder (XF86Config.new and XF86Config) with no luck.

Is this the right directory ro put the file in? Is there a file that directs X where to look for said file(so that I can tell it to look into /etc/X11)?  Im sure from what I provided there is a glaring error in something that Ive done. Thanks for the help.

Dusty

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

mine is

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Capitalization counts.

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skoal

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Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

Im having this problem on my laptop running arch.  I have the USB module loaded.  My XF86Config file looks as follows.

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
        ...

I'm not too familiar with a laptop mouse and a USB at the same time, but have you tried changing the:

InputDevice    "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"

to

InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

I don't think I've seen the "SendCoreEvents" option before.

cs25x

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Registered: 2004-05-04

Posts: 150

Re: MS Usb Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems

I have a Twinhead lappie. In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ( Arch 0.6 )
( which is looked for before XF86Config ) I have :

Section "ServerLayout"
# ps/2 mouse not detected
       Inputdevice "PS/2 Mouse "AlwaysCore"
# Serial mouse not detected
       InputDevice        "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Inputdevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver      "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device " "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "inputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option Buttons"       "5"
EndSection
.......................................................................
That gets the touchpad and USB working for me, allowing for the fact that I copied it by hand, and may have made a mistake.
This works for me, but I must try  'ExploderPS/2'.
I think it was just a straight copy from whatever Vector-soho decided I needed.
Remember that X 4 looks for XFConfig-4 before it tries XFConfig. that can be a trap, if you edit config and leave config-4 alone, you make no changes to X runtime.

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