From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 18 07:19:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A611416A400 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:19:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from mail.mailsnare.net (v185.mailsnare.net [206.246.200.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E573D43D70 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:19:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from localhost (v185.mailsnare.net [206.246.200.185]) by anti-virus.mailsnare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A1EC461 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:07:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (63-230-165-204.ptld.qwest.net [63.230.165.204]) by mail.mailsnare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04002148D8 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:19:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <444492F5.90609@writemoore.net> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:19:17 -0700 From: "Michael M." User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44419AD8.6070408@inbox.ru> <4442A19F.9040404@voidcaptain.com> <4443AC72.8020807@inbox.ru> <4443D246.8000806@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <4443D246.8000806@mkproductions.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at mailsnare.net Subject: Re: mouse scroll up problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:19:17 -0000 Mark Kane wrote: > applecom@inbox.ru wrote: >>>> I have FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE and optical Microsoft IntelliMouse >>>> Explorer, USB native, plugged to PS/2 port via it's own USB->PS/2 >>>> adaptor. >>>> When I scroll my mouse wheel up in X11 it acts like "scroll up + >>>> left button one/double-click". For example, in Opera, Firefox. In >>>> MS Windows mouse works correctly. >>> >>> I am running the same mouse in the same way on the same release. >>> Here is what is working for me: >>> >>> Section "InputDevice" >>> Identifier "Mouse0" >>> Driver "mouse" >>> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" >>> Option "Protocol" "sysmouse" >>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >>> EndSection >>> >>> moused_enable="YES" # don't use type "auto" with KVM >>> moused_nondefault_enable="NO" >>> moused_type="ps/2 -l 2" # -l 2 for scroll (fails in _flags) >>> moused_flags="" >> >> I have changed settings as Pete advised. Both variants (old and new) >> are working (scrolling) but described effect remains. >> Why I think that scrolling up works as "scroll + left click": for >> example, in Opera scrolling up at the top of document (when real >> scroll is impossible) result in marking the word under cursor and >> appearing context menu for very short time. > > I've been having the same problem since updating to Xorg 6.9.0 two > months ago. Before that, this problem did not exist for me. Here are a > couple examples of what I see with use: > > 1) I'm going through my inbox in Thunderbird and I start scrolling up > using the wheel to see messages. In addition to going up the list, > it's also selecting all the emails that my mouse pointer happens to > touch when I move the wheel up. This isn't good because then it marks > lots of messages as "read" when I really did not read them. > I know it's only a workaround and not a solution, but at least until you're able to get the rodent behaving the way you like, you can change the setting in Thunderbird preferences. In v1.5: Edit --> Preferences --> Advanced [Check box] Wait XX seconds before marking a message as read (2nd item down) Make it 5 or 10 seconds and at least you won't have to worry about a message being marked as read because your mouse inadvertently lands on the header. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson