[K12OSN] Help needed: Wheel mouse doesn't work for thin clients

[john]

Just a follow up. It worked like a charm. Thanks so much!

John

On 3/28/07, Michael Blinn <mblinn at peopleplaces.org> wrote:
>
> I posted a comment in the LTSP wiki about this problem. Does this help?
> Look for "USB Mice Scrollwheel"
>
> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Mice
>
> -Michael
>
> john wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've rolled out two ltsp clusters at our school district, both using
> > Ubuntu 6.06 LTS desktop.  So far things are working well, however I
> > have a problem that I can't seem to resolve. The thin clients have
> > optical wheel mice and the wheels won't scroll at all.  Googling and
> > Ubuntu forum searches haven't solved this one for me. I DO know that
> > this problem is fixed in 6.10 but I don't want to upgrade since I like
> > the idea of the long term support for packages offered via 6.06 lts.
> >
> > I think there may be a fix either with X11 or simply through xorg.conf
> > but I have yet to narrow it down.
> >
> > My servers running 6.06 lts desktop are running:
> >  x11-common 7.0.0-0ubuntu45
> >
> > The relevant section of the xorg.conf page looks like:
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
> >         Driver          "mouse"
> >         Option          "CorePointer"
> >         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
> >         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
> >         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> >         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> > EndSection
> >
> > In contrast, my workstation running 6.10, on which the optical wheel
> > mouse scrolls just fine is running:
> > 1:7.1.1ubuntu6.2
> >
> >
> > The relevant section of the xorg.conf page looks like:
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
> >         Driver          "mouse"
> >         Option          "CorePointer"
> >         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
> >         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
> >         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> >         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> > EndSection
> >
> > both computers are running the psmouse module
> >
> > Anyway I hope someone can help me out.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > John
>
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