Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2234 mails)

[bobbyg@xxxxxxxxxx (Bobby Geortgilakis)]

Hail & well meet,

Alex Angerhofer wrote:

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> > Howdy, Y'all! :D (So long as we're not using English anymore :)
>
> Don't worry Jon, all the essential info was in English.
>
> >
> >   I've had trouble with IMWheel in the past (Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2).
> > Which version are you using?  I got an RPM for RH 5, and it worked for a
> > little while before I started noticing unusual behavior.  Scrolling the
> > wheel sometimes caused the cursor to dart across the screen, almost randomly
> > minimize my applications, and adjust (corrupt) my speed settings.
>
> The Logitech FirstMouse+ is actually explicitly supported according to the
> README file.
>
> >   Strange, isn't it?  Another problem that I had was that it by the time I
> > came back out of X, gpm had died, so I couldn't use a mouse at the console
> > anymore.  I haven't tried to compile my own, but I'd be willing to explore
> > that option is what you have used.
>
> I just pulled the latest version (0.9.6) as a tarball and compiled it according
> to the instructions in the README file. Works fine here. I also added
> imwheel -k in the bootup script. Not sure whether that is the right place,
> though. Probably should go somewhere where kwm is started. I bet I will find
> out after the next reboot.

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I run this wee beastie too. Compiled it & followed the instructions in the readme
& it worked. It is so good having it back to surf with. No RSI!

I recommend turning up the mouse resolution to 144 also, makes it hard to loose,
on the screen....

To start it up, I just added a line into the Startkde script.

Nice piece of software, for an ageing Genius Netmouse-no Borg Hardware around
here  ;-)

"MS Intelli-mouse" A contradiction in terms?

Geek Greek   :-)

There once was a girl named Irene
Who lived on distilled kerosene
But she started absorbin'
A new hydrocarbon
And since then has never benzene.

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