CONFIG MOUSE PROBLEMS

[sanger440]

I loaded mandrake 8 and used the generic ps2 wheel mouse setting and everything worked good. Later I had to reinstall Mandrake 8 and I inadvertantly used the 2 button mouse set up.I reconfigured it in the drake hardware center on the gnome desktop for the generic ps2 wheel mouse and it almost worked right. In a console, when I scroll up with the wheel, it scrolls up on the screen but I want it to list the previous command. This is how it worked the first time I loaded Mandrake 8. I have tried every setting in the settings>preference pull down in the console. Now that I have internet sharing, Samba, etc, working correctly, I would prefer not to have do a complete re-install just to get the scroll up>previous command to work in a console.

Any suggestions?

[pbharris]

sure!
just change the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, find the pointer section and have it look like this:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

that should do it.

[sanger440]

PBharris, I tried the script you posted. X would not start with the "mouse0" it worked only with "mouse1". My default settings were just as you posted except "mouse1" and lack of "emulate3buttons""off"

I added "emulate3buttons" "off" , kept the "mouse1" settings, everything else was just as you posted, and X started on reboot but the scrollup>previous command still did not work.

[pbharris]

humm...
I am guessing this is a mandrake issue - is this feature for xterms or all apps? If for a few particular apps I would see if that app can have this enabled.

[sanger440]

PBharris, I boot into gnome desktop, then pull up terminal to type in comands, I think this is what you mean xterm. That is where I want to use wheel up>previous command. This is handy because I use the same command each time I want to start my counterstike game server.The rest of the applications scroll properly. I had it working once, but I reloaded Mandrake, selected 2 button mouse by mistake, and now I cannot get the wheel up>previous command to work in xterm by reconfiguring my mouse settings.

[pbharris]

Okay - so the mouse is working. I am out of answers - Try this question on an another forum like tech support, it seems this may be a software issue, also have you checked out www.mandrakeuser.org? (http://www.mandrakeuser.org?)