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HOWTOs :: Getting the mouse wheel to work in XFree86

Last modified on Friday March 4 2005 @ 11:33:29

I have a Logitech cordless keyboard and a cordless optical mouse that connect to the USB port through a receiver. To enable the mouse wheel set the follwing options in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file: 

    Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "USB Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Device"            "/dev/usbmouse"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option      "Protocol"          "IMPS/2"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping"      "4 5"
        Option      "Buttons"           "5"
    EndSection
Make sure that the symlink /dev/usbmouse points to the correct device (e.g. /dev/imput/mice) by typing 'ls -l /dev/usbmouse'. If the symlink doesn't exist, or points to the wrong device, create a new one by typing: 
    ln -fs /dev/input/mice /dev/usbmouse
Alternatively, you could change the 'Device' line in the InputDevice section in your XF86Config file above to: 
        Option      "Device"            "/dev/input/mice"
Restart X, and everything should be good to go.
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