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IntelliMouse in Red Hat 7.0

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by geek2d 1 view

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How do I make RedHat 7.0 see that I have a roller on my mouse so I can use it to scroll?

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by maxwell edison

Greetings,

Perhaps a helpful tip or two can be found at this site. Cut and paste the following link into your browser. (REMOVE SPACES that may have snuck in the pasted URL.)

http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispreport.cgi?
DISP?3460

"Red Hat notes" on this site:

http://www.ai.mit.edu/lab/sysadmin/redhat/caveat.html

suggests the following:

Xconfigurator does not configure XFree86 correctly to make full use of the MS Intellimouse mouse wheel. The fix is to modify /etc/X11/XF86Configso that the beginning of the "Pointer" section reads as follows:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "imps/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
ZAxisMapping 4 5

"imps/2" is a special protocol for PS/2 Intellimouse which maps up and down movement of the wheel to the 4th and 5th mouse buttons. "ZAxisMapping 4 5" configures X to recognize the 4th and 5th mouse buttons.

Good luck,

Maxwell

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