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I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my |
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mouse is not scrolling through webpages or email. |
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I checked my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it had not been changed. Just to be |
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sure it is not a broken mouse I booted into Mandrake and tested it |
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there, mouse scrolled like a charm. After I booted back to Gentoo, the |
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mouse was still not working. I decided to steal the setting from |
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Mandrake's XF86Config, since it was working there. |
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I changed my /etc/X11/xorg.conf from: |
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Identifier "Mouse1" |
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Driver "mouse" |
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Option "Protocol" "PS/2" |
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Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" |
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Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" |
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to: |
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Identifier "Mouse1" |
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Driver "mouse" |
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Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" |
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Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" |
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Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" |
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After I made that change I rebooted. When I checked my |
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log, it was still showing the original settings i.e. |
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PS/2 not the ExplorerPS/2. After some digging around noticed the line |
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(==) Using config file: "//xorg.conf". Sure enough I had backed up my |
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xorg.conf to the / folder a couple months ago and sure enought it was |
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using that copy. After I changed that file name, I rebooted and the |
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correct information is now showing in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, (==) Using |
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config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". |
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I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only |
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scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question |
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is: is this behavior a know thing and I missed it, or can others be |
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bitten by this also? |
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P.S. the mouse is still not scrolling. Any help with this would be great. |
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Thanks |
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