Jeff Malterre » mouse wheel http://www.jeffmalterre.com accessible web programmer, SEO specialist, e-commerce professional Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:23:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thinkpad x61 with Ubuntu: Getting the 3rd mouse button to work. http://www.jeffmalterre.com/2008/12/19/thinkpad-x61-with-ubuntu-getting-the-3rd-mouse-button-to-work/ http://www.jeffmalterre.com/2008/12/19/thinkpad-x61-with-ubuntu-getting-the-3rd-mouse-button-to-work/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:11:01 +0000 Jeff http://www.sibble.com/?p=915 There are two different methods I found, which work for different version of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.10

First, copy/paste below

<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge>
</match>

Then, make a new file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

sudo vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

Insert a new line by hitting the letter i
Paste by hitting shift+ctrl+v
Save and quit by typing :wq
Reboot.
That’s it, pretty hard eh?

Ubuntu 7.10

Replace the mouse entry of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following (its a good idea to back up your xorg.conf before making any changes):

Section "InputDevice"
 
Identifier "Mouse1"
 
Driver "mouse"
 
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" # IMPS/2 is not recommend for TrackPoints
 
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
 
Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "200"
 
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
 
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
 
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
 
EndSection

Reboot.

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