Unfortunately not, another lesson learnerd :) I am using Suse 9.3. Runs on a laptop and the mouse in question is an external usb mouse. Thanks again guys!
Chris --- In [email protected], "j" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:27:25AM +0000, carnold52000 wrote: > > > > Hello all! I would like to know how to get the scroll whell on my > > > > mouse to work in suse linux. Can anyone help? Thanks > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carnold52000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:31 PM > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Scroll mouse in suse > > > > Hi Scott! Thanks for your quick response! I did look and google some > > more; i can only find the xorg.conf file. .........Anyway, > > here is the complete "input" section: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Driver "kbd" > > Identifier "Keyboard[0]" > > Option "Protocol" "Standard" > > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Driver "synaptics" > > Identifier "Mouse[1]" > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" > ...... > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > EndSection > > > > Maybe i should set the protocol option to "Auto" instead of > > "explorerps/2"? Thanks again > > > > > just out of curiosity, are the newer versions of suse still like this? i've > had to deal w/this back when i tried v.6.4 and 7.1! i was kinda' hoping > that suse would have gotten this fixed by now to properly recognize a common > scroll mouse. i was starting to consider trying out suse again, but if the > newer versions still can't recognize old, but common hardware, it makes me > wonder what other problems are ahead. don't get me wrong, i don't have a > problem w/messing around in a config file, it's just that something as basic > as this should automatically be handled by a major distro. > > then again, maybe this person is using an older version of suse (i hope). > > j To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
