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.

http://dorward.me.uk/linux/mouse/

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.

believe me, it does work. I am using that mouse as we speak. Something must be wrong with your configuration

Is there a way to determine the device path for the mouse?
Well here's my input section if it helps



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

Are you using both a touchpad and the wireless intellimouse? How would I specify which mouse xmodmap is going to affect?

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

I was hoping for an alternative since Knoppix seems to be able to handle both pretty easily

just try using a different mouse driver for your explorer...I use /dev/mouse, I've had major problems with /dev/input/mice before

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 ?

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)

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/?