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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:20 pm    Post subject: Configuring a 3button mouse (with wheel) [SOLVED] Reply with quote

This may or may not be the correct forum for this, but how do i configure a 3 button mouse with wheel? I had problems with this on my old SuSE system, but that had Sax2 to help. Im guessing i need to add some kernel modules?

Also, where can i download some fonts? I was particularly fond of my courier new font on SuSE:(
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

3 button mouse, add this under your mouse option in xorg.conf

Code:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"


you can also add

Code:
Option "Resolution" "<dpi of mouse>"

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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

b_zed_image,

You configure your mouse two places.

The console mouse id configured in /etc/gpm/ the files are well commented.
The X server mouse is configured in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If
Code:
nano -w  /etc/X11/xorg.conf
is overwhelming, try
Code:
xorgcfg
which is a graphical configuration utility for X.
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Configuring a 3button mouse (with wheel) Reply with quote

b_zed_image wrote:
This may or may not be the correct forum for this, but how do i configure a 3 button mouse with wheel? I had problems with this on my old SuSE system, but that had Sax2 to help. Im guessing i need to add some kernel modules?

You probably mean the mouse in X, not on the console, right? If so, put something like this in your xorg.conf
Code:
# Identifier and driver
    Identifier   "Mouse1"
    Driver   "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"   
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"


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Also, where can i download some fonts? I was particularly fond of my courier new font on SuSE:(

Read this: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys. Guess this topic is 'SOLVED' !
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Desktop Environments.
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