On 08-Mar-04 Syd Hancock wrote:
Indeed ... and I'd like to find out how to set X up for one. a) What's the /dev/link for a wheel mouse? b) What's the protocol spec for XF86Config?
(I wanted to use a wheel mouse on my laptop whose touchpad works fine on /dev/psaux with protocol "PS/2", but when I tried attaching an external wheelmouse its behaviour was totally erratic.)
I had this problem on a Thinkpad (T23). Here is a reply from the linux-thinkpad list that may help: [..] My solution has been to use a USB wheelmouse which allows me to use both mouse and trackpoint.
Thanks for the thought, Syd! I'll try one of these sometime. (I've been using a good plain old Logitech 3-button PS2 mouse, but it's oldish now and getting "sticky" -- could try cleaning it yet again, though -- and I can't seem to find these in the shops anymore. Wheelmice abound, however!)
Cheers, Ted.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 08-Mar-04 Time: 18:01:24 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------