[Glastonbury] Linux's latest...

Nick Irwin nirwin at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue May 4 10:48:11 BST 2004


On Thursday 29 Apr 2004 10:57, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 23:48, Nick Irwin wrote:
> > On Monday 26 Apr 2004 11:58, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> > > Does your /etc/X11/XF86Config have this line in the mouse section:
> > >
> > >         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >
> > My XF86Config-4 file has:
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
> > in it. Is that what's wrong?
>
> Yes, most mice have up to 3 buttons. The ZAxisMapping option tells X to
> send scroll-wheel events as if they were buttons 4 and 5. That is what
> most toolkits/applications expect.
>
> I don't know why it chose to use 6 & 7. That is odd.

Cheers everyone scrolling now works as it should! Now I've just gotta get rid 
of aRTS.

Thanks for your help


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