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Posted by Cliff on Friday January 01, 1999 @08:55AM from the pointer-device-mutations dept.

Ryan Hughes asks: "Is there a way to use mouse wheels on a mouse in X? I have a Logitech Mouse Man+ with 4 buttons and it would be cool to use my buttons / wheel in X. Any Suggestions." I thought I had read about some success in this area for certain mouse types, however, I can't remember the URL. Does anyone else have more information?

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Logitech Trackman Marble+ ? (Score:1)

by jbaugher ( 74 ) writes:

Anybody have any luck getting the scroll wheel to work on Trackman Marble+? I've tried imwheel and xfree86 built in settings.... nothing seems to work. So right now I have a non-functional wheel. Rest works ok though.
That did the trick! (Score:1)

by jbaugher ( 74 ) writes:

Hrm... Don't know what I was doing wrong before, but that fixed it. :-)

Thanks!
Wheeled, ok - four-button? (Score:1)

by Scott Wunsch ( 417 ) writes:

No, Logitech actually makes mice which have four buttons.
Wheeled, ok - four-button? (Score:1)

by HoserHead ( 599 ) writes:

I've got a Logitech MouseMan+, which has four buttons (the three on top and a thumb). In Windows the thumb button can be used to scroll - click it and move up and down, or hold it and move the mouse up and down. This is the one thing I miss when I use X - does anyone know of any software, etc, that can enable this type of behaviour?
mouse wheels yes, but how about genius mice? (Score:1)

by gavinhall ( 33 ) writes:

Posted by frOsty-:

While these items are great for persons using mice which have flywheels on them, are there any known solutions for the Genius Netmice? The non-"pro" versions have but one "up or down" button in between the two standard (left and right) buttons. Now, before i get all the flames about how poor these mice are - i've had mine for a long time, and it is the finest, most robust mouse i have ever owned. So there. :P :)
Using a wheel mouse. (Score:1)

by sethr ( 13320 ) writes:

Look for imwheel at www.freshmeat.net I'm using it for a microsoft intellimouse and the README claims it also works for your mouse also.
Changed the Pointer Section but so what? (Score:1)

by Long Island Man ( 14797 ) writes:

The imwheel program is made for this kind of configuration, see method #1 in the README.

http://solaris1.mysolution.com/~jcatki/imwheel
Too bad freshmeat is gone. (Score:1)

by Harvester ( 157992 ) writes:

it's back up. It was only down temporarily.

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Wheeled Mice in X?

Logitech Trackman Marble+ ? (Score:1)

That did the trick! (Score:1)

Wheeled, ok - four-button? (Score:1)

Wheeled, ok - four-button? (Score:1)

mouse wheels yes, but how about genius mice? (Score:1)

Using a wheel mouse. (Score:1)

Changed the Pointer Section but so what? (Score:1)

Too bad freshmeat is gone. (Score:1)

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