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Suceeding in having not-so-common mice work with X-Window is not always an easy task for the newcomer. Here is what you should add to your X.org configuration in order to have the fourth button of your mouse act as a wheel.

Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf with your favorite editor. Just for the record, I love vim, but I understand it is easy to hate it too… Look for a section in the file similar to the one below and replace it with the following. Well, actually, you need not replace it, just add the 3 last lines.


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "4"
Option "EmulateWheel" "yes"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "4"
EndSection


You can read more about the options available to you here. More general information regarding mouse configuration is at the same site, here.

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