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:
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If IMPS/2 is used instead then the pointer becomes random and almost uncontrollable - and that is with the trackpoint as well as the mouse.
I can confirm that the trackpoint sucks with imPS/2.
Mouse works fine for me with imPS/2.
Is your trackpoint switched off when mouse is plugged in? If not, this would explain why it doesn't work for your mouse, either, since if the trackpoint is on, the mouse signals are passed through the trackpoint controller, which would give the same problem like with using trackpoint. << END QUOTE
My solution has been to use a USB wheelmouse which allows me to use both mouse and trackpoint.
Syd
Thanks, Ted.
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