X11 support list?

Tony Nelson tonynelson at georgeanelson.com
Thu Jan 18 18:31:37 UTC 2007


At 4:23 PM +1100 1/18/07, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>On 17Jan2007 20:21, Skunk Worx <skunkworx at verizon.net> wrote:
>| I tried to find support at x.org but there is only a developer list.
>| Does anyone know of a place for end user support of X?
>
>Not offhand, but I'm sure some exist.
>There are certainly x11 newsgroups, such as comp.windows.x. If you don't
>have access to a usenet service, try the google interface:
>
>  http://groups.google.com.au/group/comp.windows.x/topics
>
>and notice the "Realted groups" on the right hand side of the display:-)
>
>| I would like to disable the scroll wheel on the mouse under FC6.
>
>My /etc/X11/xorg.conf has this line:
>
>  Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
>Comment it out and restart your X server. See if things improve.
>
>| Could xmodmap do it? Any ideas?
>
>Not really I think. You can rearrange the buttons (I swap 2 & 3) but not
>disable them as I recall.

Right.  I do use it to "disable" the middle mouse button (the wheel) by
mapping it to button 8, which nothing much uses ("pointer = 1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2
9").  I wouldn't mind a better way to do it, though.
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