OS wrote:
>
> OK. It's gone midnight here, and I may not reply when the sympa confirm
> comes through and I can reflect on what I have said below, but your e-mail bit
> me.
>
> First - How dare you put words like "everything else doesn't work & Linux suxx
> dirty" into my mouth. I did not say that, I have never said that and I probably
> never will. It's that kind of crap that gets Linux and Linux users a bad name.
"I am glad to know it is not just me !!! However it strikes me that the
wheel
mouse is amongst the most rudimentary input devices and on Window$ PC's
is
taken completely for granted. It is a sad thing that Linux still does
not
support wheel mice as an input medium. - There rant over !"
It's you, not me, who wrote this...
A: Linux itself has nothing to do with wheels...
B: X & console applications do have something to do with wheels, tracks,
and "sticks" (IBM mice)
C: "It is a sad thing that Linux still does not support wheel mice as an
input medium". If you can't use the wheel by some reason (broken
drivers, bad configuration, lack of support) this is not a reason for
writing such statements. If your mouse doesn't work this does not mean
"wheel mice don't work". My wheel mouse and two others work perfectly on
Linux. Yes, there are a few IBM mice that don't work 'round here. But I
don't make generalizations like you. You got a problem and came here
generalizing it. The typical "linux suxx" wave...
D: Are you offended for my interpretation? So why you are "so glad" that
"Linux still does not support wheel mice" while these "most rudimentary
input devices and on Window$ PC's is taken completely for
granted"???????? For me this is the typical "Rulez vs. suxx" stuff... So
I dare to interpret your statements the way I did. We are not doing
battles here. We are building a Linux distro. Nothing else.
>
> Secondly - I didn't start this line of mails. I have mentioned this before,
> and decided to mention it again when I saw others still experiencing this type
> of problem. So, I had a bit of a rant. But I admitted such in the mail. Maybe I
> should have put a :-) after the rant ?
As I told you. You came here and started generalizing "wheel mice don't
work"... Some work others no. Weigh your statements please.
> Thirdly - It is hardly constructive to say that it works on your box. Well,
> bully for you. Hoozah ! It works on Ektanoor's box everybody !
Damn! "man imwheel" or you can't read???
>
> Forth - I started using wheel mice a long time ago (yeah you got it -> #:F,
> whatever the F that means) so I can say how things stand for 'old' versions. But
> since Mandrake 6 I have made loads of cooker upgrades and the Logitech wheel
> mouse has never worked for me. And it appears that I am not alone ! I also
> understand that "Microsoft (yuks!)" mice have a lot of success in this area,
> but not apparently Logitech.
Cool, as I told you: "The fact that your Logitech mouse doesn't work
does not mean
that everything else doesn't work"
Btw: It seems that I have nearby two Logitech wheel mice (PS/2 & USB)...
In a day I'll tell you if they work or not.
>
> Fifth - I said at the end of the message that this is probably an XFree86.org
> problem, and so it probably is. But these are busy people. All I am looking for
> is different avenues to try. If you like I will forward the 20 or so mails I
> have kept, each with its own set of different things to try. And that is just
> since April this year !
Strange. Once I had serious problems with my Voodoo3 (hanged after a
peculiar sequence of interrupt calls) and things were solved in two
days... One colleague also wrote them about a bug and things got fit in
a few hours... They seem prompt on answering.
Ektanoor
