[ Thanks to David Culp
for this link. ]
“I have become a slave to that little wheel on wheeled mice.
The wheel allows you to scroll up and down through a document
simply by using your index finger to turn a little wheel that rests
between the two buttons on a mouse, and also acts as the third
mouse button.“
“I was first introduced to wheel mice while student teaching in
Norman, Oklahoma. The classroom had two networked workstations
running Windows NT. Both machines had mice with those little wheels
on them. I quickly became addicted to the wheel, it seems so
natural to scroll using it. I would then go home at night to my
Linux machine which did not have a wheel mouse. I would find myself
constantly reaching for that wheel. It would infuriate me that it
was not there. So, I went out and got one for my Linux box. Wheel
mice are supported under Linux, for the most part, and support is
getting better all the time. However, if you are having trouble
then these tips should help you out.”
“Most distributions will not automatically setup a wheel mouse.
In order to make it work you must edit your /etc/XF86Config file.
Open up the file in your favorite text editor and find the pointers
section….”