Problem with logitech Mouseman wheel /optical

[ERIC KLINGER]

No problem, glad to have helped! :)

>From: "Mario Reyes" <marioyligia at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Problem with logitech Mouseman wheel /optical
>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:16:59 +0930
>
>Thank you Erik.
>
>MR
>
>From: "ERIC KLINGER" <klingerthirteen at msn.com>
>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Problem with logitech Mouseman wheel /optical
>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 04:07:40 +0000
>Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>
>Here is the piece relevent to my mouse of my /etc/X11/XF86Config file.  
>This
>is a typical wheel mouse setup.  Notice the "ZAxisMapping" line - that is
>the line to add for a wheel.
>
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>        Driver      "mouse"
>        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>EndSection
>
>if your unsure how to do this, probably the easiest way to do it is to exit
>the GUI from to a command line ( Ctrl+Alt+F1 to exit the GUI and then login
>as root and type 'telinit 3' to kill the x server.)
>
>from the root prompt you would type 'vi /etc/X11/XF86Config' and hit enter.
>This will open your XF86Config files in the VI editor (although it will 
>look
>the same).  From there you use the arrow keys to navigate through the file
>until you get to the section that looks like I posted above.  Once you find
>it, hitting the 'Insert" key on your keyboard will put that file in 
>"editing
>mode" and the cursor will be placed into the file for you to type, add,
>delete etc.  Add in the lin "ZAxisMapping" as shown above.
>
>To save the file once you've edited it hit the "Esc" key - type ':wq'  to
>save your changes and exit.
>
>REMEMBER - if you mess up this XF86Config file, you may not be able to 
>start
>the GUI (Xserver) until is is corrected.  A smart idea may be to back it up
>first by the following means...
>
>@root (shown as #)...
>#cd /etc/X11
>#cp XF86Config XF86Config.OLD
>
>this will create a copy of the file and rename it with a .OLD extention.
>That way, if you mess it up you can simply do this
>#cp XF86Config.OLD XF86Config
>
>and you will be back to where you are now.
>
>remember in vi...
>  :wq - to "write" and "quit" - in other words - save and exit the file
>  :q!  -  this is an important one - exits the file without saving any
>changes!!!!!!!!
>
>After all of that is done - log out of root (type "exit"), log back in as
>user and type 'startx' to get back to the GUI - if it fails, you'll know.
>
>Be careful ;)
>
>Hope this helps
>Eric
>
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