Strange bug with mouse wheel scrolling

[Rod Butcher]

Tuukka Hastrup wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Rod Butcher wrote:
>> I've been getting this with Linux kernel 2.6.13 with x.org 6.9. The
>> mouse refuses to scroll vertically at all, just sideways.
> 
> Could that be just the mouse button mapping? On my setup, what you
> describe happens with a straight
>  $ xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
> 
> Thus I need to have a line in /etc/X11/Xmodmap:
> pointer = 1 2 3 8 9 4 5 6 7
I've done it correctly now, following your example and it works. But my 
previous settings used to work OK !?
thanks
Rod
> 
> This is for the following generic USB mouse config:
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option          "Buttons"               "9"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "6 7 8 9"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> I'm sorry if this is unrelated.
> 

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