[ltp] Wheel mouse doesn't work

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On Thursday 09 June 2005 15:56, Matt Graham wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2005 14:01, after a long battle with technology,
>
> James Knott wrote:
> > I've been trying to get a wheel mouse to work in SuSE 9.3, on my R31
> > ThinkPad.  However, even though it's configured exactly the same way,w
> > as on the desktop system, the scroll wheel does not work on the
> > ThinkPad, while running Linux.  I've tried two different mice (both
> > Logitech), but neither work, with Linux on the ThinkPad, but both
> > work with XP on the ThinkPad as well as Linux on my desktop system.
>
> Is this a PS/2 mouse?  On Thinkpads, the PS/2 port in the back shares
> data lines with the built-in Trackpoint.  Events from the device
> connected to the PS/2 port are reported on /dev/psaux .  The Trackpoint
> uses the PS/2 mouse protocol.  Most wheelmice use the IMPS/2 protocol.
> Using different protocols for the mouse on the PS/2 port and the
> Trackpoint is theoretically possible, but there are currently some
> problems with X that make it... difficult.  USB mice, OTOH, work fine.
>
> You may want to check the archives of this mailing list and see if
> anyone's posted a solution in the past.  It's possible--not insanely
> likely, but possible.  It may be something as simple as adding
> "psmouse.proto=imps" to the kernel command line (assuming a 2.6 kernel
> with PS/2 mouse support built in) or "rmmod psmouse && modprobe psmouse
> proto=imps" if PS/2 mouse support is modular.  It may not be.  I don't
> know for sure; I've never used the PS/2 port on my Thinkpad.  HTH
> anyway,
>
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I have a Logitech wireless USB mouse that will work with an A30P with p/n 
830919-0000 {the joy stick mouse also works with this mouse] and I have a 
hardwired USB mouse that sometimes works and sometimes dois not work. With 
the second mouse it most probabely will work if the mouse is connected when 
the box is configured which then means the joystick mouse will not work. If 
one installs the system and then attempts to install the mouse one may get 
the mouse only to work or the jy stick only to work or both mouse and joy 
stick mpouse to work. In all cases I am running either Mandrake 9.1 or 10.1.

I have the latest SuSE but I havve not attempted to make it work on my 
Thinkpad.

I do know that there are additional packages that MUST be install to make the 
mouse work which one I don't have a clue but that is why I geet the varied 
results.

Frank