Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

On 11/29/05, Christoph Eckert <ce@christeck.de> wrote:
>
> I currently use the following section for the USB mouse:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "USB Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option          "Buttons"               "8"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection

Looks sane...

> It's rather similar to the above section. IS it possible that our
> problem doesn't reside in the InputDevice section?

Possible.  But maybe there is also some corruption (binary characters)
in the xorg.conf file.  I've seen xfree86/x.org behave strangely
before, refusing to see some options, because of garbage characters in
the configuration file.

> The Xorg.0.log is rather long, and I didn't find any lines in it which
> point in the missing wheel buttons. I don't want to mess the list with
> huge attachements (but I could put it on the web and offer a link if
> it's helpful).

If it isn't too much trouble, yes, do that.  You are also welcome to
send the file to me directly, if you like.

Also, as your device name is "USB Mouse", you should be able to do:

grep "USB Mouse" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

-Richard

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