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From: Ernie Schroder <schroder@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:14:25
Message-Id: 200511291709.08322.schroder@ntplx.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore by Richard Fish
1 On Tuesday 29 November 2005 04:29 pm, a tiny voice compelled Richard Fish to
2 write:
3 > On 11/29/05, Ernie Schroder <schroder@×××××.net> wrote:
4 > > I guess I'm glad that I'm not alone Christoph. Like you, xev shows no
5 > > activity for the wheel.
6 > > As far as it's being a hardware related thing, unless 3 mice have died of
7 > > the same dreaded disease, it's not hardware. Of the 3 I've tried 2 are
8 > > logitech trackballs (USB) and the 3rd is a no-name intellimouse (PS/2).
9 > > I'm at a loss
10 >
11 > Please don't top-post.
12 >
13 > Did you try the settings I mentioned previously? (using
14 > /dev/input/mice, ExplorerPS/2, and the Buttons option?) If so, and you
15 > still have the same problem, please post the relevant lines from
16 > /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
17 >
18 > -Richard
19
20
21 Damn! I thought I had tried all of your suggestions Richard. Changing the
22 protocol to ExplorerPS/2 has done the trick. Thanks for all of your help.
23 --
24 Regards, Ernie
25 100% Microsoft and Intel free
26
27 17:05:31 up 2:51, 5 users, load average: 0.13, 0.27, 0.29
28 Linux 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
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Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore Christoph Eckert <ce@×××××××××.de>