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Date:      Fri, 9 Aug 2002 23:38:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To:        John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse?
Message-ID:  <20020809233517.U38628-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090017400.10032-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>

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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, John Bleichert wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:06:46 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
> > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
> > Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Subject: Re: How to enable scrollwheel mouse?
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, John Bleichert wrote:
> > > YMMV with this. Entertainingly, with my cordless Logitech wheelmouse, the
> > > wheel works great when I use it as a USB mouse, but when I use the
> > > USB->ps2 converter and use it as a ps2 mouse, the wheel doesnt work. HAHA!
> > > JB
> > "YMMV?"  I have the same mouse (Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse).  How did
> > you get it to work with XFree86?  Do you know if it works with KDE's
> > Konqueror 2.2.2 browser perchance?

I still don't know what the acronym YMMV is for.

> The XFree86 setup provided by everybody else so far worked fine for me,
> specifically the
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

And my "5 button" mouse still isn't wheel enabled.  Any other fixes, people?

> line, which is all I really care about, as that's themouse wheel.
> Humorously, in FreeBSD the wheel only works when I run it as a USB mouse.
> Once I put the USB->PS/2 converter on it, the wheel works no more. I use
> it as a USB mouse, so all is well.
>
> This link got me going: http://www.freebsddiary.org/usb-mouse.php
>
> HTH - JB
>
> /*
>  * John Bleichert
>  * syborg@stny.rr.com
>  * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg
>  */

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