Evolution Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hey Everyone, Since the Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 is at least a semi-popular mouse, I was wondering if anyone has a solution to the problem. The issue I am having is that the mouse will only move in the vertical direction(+-y), and no amount of horizontal movement along the x-axis will make it move right or left. I'm currently using the ExplorerPS/2 protocol, although I have attempted using others (i.e. microsoft, imps/2), and they usually result in the same problem. I've always used the device as /dev/mouse, the identifier as Mouse1, and the driver as mouse. I should not that this is not a notebook, and so I've also got a touchpad...which also doesn't work in linux. However, everything works pefectly in Windows XP, just not in Slackware 10.0; none of the options in xorgconfig seem to work. BTW I'm using the latest KDE version if that helps :/ Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 http://dorward.me.uk/linux/mouse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 http://dorward.me.uk/linux/mouse/ 585086176[/snapback] Doesn't work :/ I can only move the mouse vertically...although recently, I've managed to have my touchpad completely working, along with the usual vertical movement of my wireless optical mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 believe me, it does work. I am using that mouse as we speak. Something must be wrong with your configuration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 believe me, it does work. I am using that mouse as we speak. Something must be wrong with your configuration 585087153[/snapback] Is there a way to determine the device path for the mouse? Well here's my input section if it helps :/ #Touchpad Section "InputDevice" Identifier "PS/2 Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection #Wireless Intellimouse Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection I have no idea what to put for the device path...it's just that when I ran knoppix, the mouse worked almost perfectly, and so just used the same path it used for the usb mouse :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 Are you using both a touchpad and the wireless intellimouse? How would I specify which mouse xmodmap is going to affect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Your 2 mice might be in conflict with one another since you are using "auto" instead of specifying a separate location for your device. I recommend disabling your touchpad. I've also had bad experiences using /dev/input/mice Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" # Change the device to point to the correct location! # I use the USB connection under devfs Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 Your 2 mice might be in conflict with one another since you are using "auto" instead of specifying a separate location for your device. I recommend disabling your touchpad.I've also had bad experiences using /dev/input/mice Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" # Change the device to point to the correct location! # I use the USB connection under devfs Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection 585087773[/snapback] I was hoping for an alternative since Knoppix seems to be able to handle both pretty easily :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 just try using a different mouse driver for your explorer...I use /dev/mouse, I've had major problems with /dev/input/mice before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 Is there a way that I can determine which device the mouse is using? i.e. both /dev/mouse and /dev/input/mice seem to work for the usb mouse...it's just that I can only move in the vertical direction... I doubt that xmodmap would work since it's swapping buttons, not directions. Maybe that config is not valid for the 2.0 version of the wireless intellimouse :/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 the combination of xmodmap and imwheel straightens out buttons and directions. You need to run xmodmap in order to run imwheel. I still believe /dev/input/mice is an evil driver. They both do work for usb mice, but /dev/mouse seems different (I'm not sure how it is, but it works while /dev/input/mice doesn't for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 How do you create the .imwheelrc file? If I create a .mwheelrc with kwrite, it's only displayed in the midnight commander, and not with the ls command. And is the home directory, the /home/user, /home, or the /root/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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