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myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

Posts: 7

Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Hey
My mouse scrolls horizontal instead of vertical in every application.
Here is the extract of the xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
#        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Protocol"        "auto"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

How can i fix this?

Greetings

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Try this:

Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5 6 7"
#Option          "Buttons"               "5"

or just delete the Option  "Buttons"  "5" line entirely.

BTW, welcome to the arch forums.

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myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

Posts: 7

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

still the same problem

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

What kind of mouse is it?
Edit: I also noticed you have Protocol set to auto.  This didn't always work for me with a usb mouse.  I use "Option" Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" for my microsoft wheel mouse but it also works with "IMPS/2"

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-12-01 18:10:55)

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myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

Posts: 7

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Its an ednet 5 button usb mouse
Changing protocol doesnt help

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Ummmmm... it might have something to do with this http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging --just a guess, but after I pacman -Syu my laptop today, the scrolling on my thinkpad buttons quit working until I added

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
   EndSection

I didn't try out the whole evdev thingy as I like to keep things as they are usually--if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

Posts: 7

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

i had to add "AutoAddDevices" "False" also, otherwise nothing worked xX

myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

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Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Bump
Someone has an idea?

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Why "ZAxisMapping" in your original config?  Shouldn't it be "YAxisMapping"?
Edit: Also, you could try installing the xf86-input-evdev package from testing, or xf-86-input-evdev-git from AUR, and enabling hotplugging again to see if your mouse is detected correctly with the new version of the driver -- there is a good chance that it will be.

Last edited by fwojciec (2008-12-06 18:09:21)

myname11

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Registered: 2008-11-30

Posts: 7

Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

Changing it to YAxisMapping or enabling hotplugging didnt help

test1000

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Registered: 2005-04-03

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Re: Mousewheel scrolling horizontal instead of vertical

if you enable hotplugging(that is if youre 100% sure you did that) i think you need to remove the InputDevice section too..

Last edited by test1000 (2008-12-07 15:42:20)

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