I have as M$ optical IntelliMouse wheel mouse at home and a Logitech MouseMan wheel mouse at work, and I've had very good luck with both of them under XFree86 (version 3 and 4). Here is the relevant info from the Pointer section of my /etc/X11/XF86Config file at work: Protocol "IMPS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" # This is a symlink to /dev/psaux on my boxes ZAxisMapping 4 5 Buttons 3 # Clicking the wheel acts like a middle mouse button # Emulate3Buttons # These are commented out # Emulate3Timeout 50 I have seen the same behavior you describe when I used an incorrect protocol with my IntelliMice. I don't remember which protocol caused that, but switching to IMPS/2 and restarting X solved the problem. I use imwheel for the scrolling functionality and it works well. HTH. ~Jeff -----Original Message----- From: James Bell [mailto:carillon@inficad.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:07 AM To: PLUG Subject: VMware mouse problem Hello all! I've been trying to setup something at work to showoff Linux to some people, and additionally I wanted to check out Storm 2k. Since I was unable to appropriate a separate box, I grabbed the 30 day trial of VMware for NT and set it up on my work box, then installed Storm Linux 2k, and then installed the appropriate tools. My problem comes in with how my mouse is set up. Mouse is a MS Intellimouse with middle finger wheel. Symptom is that mouse movements in X are extrememly erratic, going to the bottom of the screen and flicking around wildly with slight mouse movements. The setup program built XF86Config initially tried to use a normal ps/2 mouse for the protocol and "/dev/gpmdata" for the device. I've tried various permutations of this and "imwheel", I've tried varying baud rates, changing the device to point directly at /dev/psaux, etc. I've run out of ideas. Anyone else see these symptoms and have any ideas? Thanks! ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss