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Date:      25 Feb 2003 14:45:35 -0500
From:      Asenchi <asenchi@asenchi.com>
To:        Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>
Cc:        Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>, bsdaemon@eudoramail.com, freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: scroll mouse
Message-ID:  <1046202336.27431.40.camel@palea.attbi.com>
In-Reply-To: <OE28JMYTcecyvfBT5zk000006ef@hotmail.com>
References:  <KCGKFMBAIKMDHBAA@whowhere.com> <200302252118.42307.will@unfoldings.net>  <OE28JMYTcecyvfBT5zk000006ef@hotmail.com>

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I believe everyone is talking about:

[snip]
Option "Protocol" "auto"
[snip]

Curt

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 14:25, Brian Henning wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Willie Viljoen" <will@unfoldings.net>
> To: <bsdaemon@eudoramail.com>; "freebsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; "Brian
> Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: scroll mouse
> 
> 
> > On Tuesday 25 February 2003 21:11, someone, possibly joshua lokken, typed:
> > > >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> > > >...
> > > >Section "InputDevice"
> > > >    Identifier "Mouse0"
> > > >    Driver "mouse"
> > > >    Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> > > >    Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> > > >    Option "Buttons" "5"
> > > >    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > > >EndSection
> >
> > > You can try using the "Auto" protocol, that's always worked for me.  I
> > > don't spot any [obvious] problems...
> > >
> > > Joshua
> >
> > Joshua is spot on. With any PS/2 mouse that is properly supported by moused,
> > you should use the auto protocol in your XF86Config. The reason for this
> > specific problem is that the MouseSystems protocol (which is the obsolete
> > protocol that used to be used for 3 button mice) does not have a Z axis.
> > The auto protocol will work just fine though.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > --
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> > will@unfoldings.net
> >
> 
> You are talking about "Auto" in the XF86Config file and not the rc.conf file,
> correct?
> Option "Device" "auto"
> i will give that a try.
> 
> thanks,
> brian
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