The old Pointer
section has been replaced by a more general
InputDevice
section. The following is a minimal example
of an InputDevice
section for a mouse:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse 1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" EndSection
The mouse
driver supports the following config file options:
This option tells the X server the number of buttons on the mouse. Currently there is no reliable way to automatically detect the correct number. This option is the only means for the X server to obtain it. The default value is three.
Note that if you intend to assign Z axis movement to button events
using the ZAxisMapping
option below, you need to take account
of those buttons into N
too.
Option "Buttons" "N"
This option maps the Z axis (wheel) motion to a pair of buttons or to another axis.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "X" Option "ZAxisMapping" "Y" Option "ZAxisMapping" "N1 N2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "N1 N2 N3 N4"
The first example will map the Z axis motion to the X axis motion.
Whenever the user moves the wheel/roller, its movement is reported as
the X axis motion. When the wheel/roller stays still, the real X axis
motion is reported as is. The third example will map negative Z axis
motion to the button N1
and positive Z axis motion to
the button N2
. If this option is used and the buttons N1
or N2
actually exists in the mouse,
their actions won't be detected by the X server.
The last example is useful for the mouse with two wheels of which
the second wheel is used to generate horizontal scroll action.
The motion of the second wheel will be mapped to the buttons N3
,
for the negative direction, and N4
, for the positive direction.
If the buttons N3
and N4
actually exist in this mouse,
their actions won't be detected by the X server.
Currently this option can not be set in the XF86Setup
program.
You need to edit the XF86Config
file by hand to add this option.
The following option will set the mouse device resolution to N
counts per inch, if possible:
Option "Resolution" "N"
Not all mice and OSs can support this option.
This option can be set in the XF86Setup
program.