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Thread: Stuck with Logitech PS/2 Wheelmouse : still does not work

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    Stuck with Logitech PS/2 Wheelmouse : still does not work

    Hello all,

    I have Knoppix hd-installed on a seperate standalone vmware machine.
    It all works fine, except I can't make my wheelmouse work properly : ie. can not make use of the wheel.
    I've looked around at the docs, faqs and forum entries on this subject and applied them but invain.
    This what I have :
    - Hardware :
    Logitech M-BJ69 Optical Wheelmouse
    This mous has 2 buttons and the wheel between them
    I make use of the PS/2 connection
    - These are the updates done to the configuration files :
    ----------------start of data --------------------------------
    a- update /etc/lilo.conf file ( 1 line ):

    append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce wheelmouse"

    b- update /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file :

    * at the beginning :

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    # InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
    # Serial Mouse not detected
    # USB Mouse not detected
    EndSection

    * for ps/2 mouse :

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Buttons" "5"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection
    ------------------- end of data -------------------
    I've rebooted Knoppix but still have no success .
    I'm calling up Kwrite editor with a big text file : no luck
    I'm calling up the conqueror explorer with a big directory : no luck

    Anyone has an idea ?

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    This works for me:


    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
            Driver      "mouse"
            Option      "Protocol" "auto"
    Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
            Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
            Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
            Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
            Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
    EndSection

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    Thanks rickenbacherus for your answer.

    Still it does not work, but I have found the reason.
    I'm using VMWARE WKST to host my HD-installed KNOPPIX system and I have also some other virtual machines ( ex. windows adv server ), and guess what : the wheel-mouse does not work under windows also !
    So this brings me that is a vmware problem.

    Maybe out of topic : has anybody yet found out how to use the wheelmouse under vmsware wkst ??

    Thanks again.

    Bobke

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