[ltp] middle mouse button and trackpoint scrolling: combining the two in xorg.conf

Lars Otten linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:32:40 +0000


On 12/05/05 03:48, Andrey Kislyuk wrote:
> "EmulateWheel" in xorg.conf enables scrolling with the trackpoint when
> the middle button is depressed. However, I haven't been able to make the
> middle button down+up event work as a middle button keypress when the
> mouse is not moving. I know there are "EmulateWheelButton" and
> "EmulateWheelButtonTimeout" options, but they don't work for me.
> 
> So, any accounts of getting it working in Xorg 6.8, and how does your
> xorg.conf look in that case? Does it work in Xorg 7, and what's the
> syntax there?

As far as I recall this is not supported in 6.8, you'll have to move to 7.0
for it. Then the said commands should work just fine.

Cheers,
/Lars