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