[ltp] PS/2 Wheel Mouse

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:30:59 -0400


Gonzalo Avaria wrote:
> Hi to all
> 	I want to ask a question that has been askesd many times but (I think) never 
> answered. 
> 	Is there a way of getting the wheel to work with a PS2 mouse? When i use USB 
> it works really great, but if i use the PS2 port it stops working. Many of 
> you may ask "Why don't i use the usb port?", well, i am now using a usb 
> keyboard, and in my TP600x i only have 1 usb port.
> 	So, is there a simple way of getting to work the wheel on the ps2 port?
> 	That should be all.
> 	Thank you all for the time.
> 

Well, you could always use a USB hub, to connect both to the single USB 
port.