[ltp] Some help with external mouse please

[compaq]

Bob Alexander wrote:

> Can anyone help me to get my scrollpoint on the external mouse work ? 
> Now it barely scrolls a few lines and then stops.
>
> TIA,
> Bob
>
> Here is my config:
>
> Using GNOME on Debian unstable with XFree 4.3.0.dfsg.
>
> My mice (the keyboard's and an external 800dpi IBM 3 button optical 
> with scrollpoint on a port replicator)
>
> See
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-43953
>
> or for an image
>
> http://www-132.ibm.com/content/product_images/en_US/IMG937_MKT_IMG_FILENAME_1.gif 
>
>
> are declared in my XF86Config-4 as follows:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>        Driver          "mouse"
>        Option          "CorePointer"
>        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
>        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
>        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
>        Driver          "mouse"
>        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
>        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
>
Try setting protocol to "event" or "usbmouse"