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Old 01-16-2008, 10:21 AM
DoN. Nichols
 
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Default Re: mouse with scroll wheel

According to Russ <uymqlp502@sneakemail.com>:
> I recently discovered the convenience of a mouse with a scroll wheel.
> I have one working on a Mac and one on a PC. These are USB laser
> mice. When I plug one into my Sunblade 2000, the mouse works fine
> except for the scroll wheel. Is there a way to make the scroll wheel
> work? Thanks.


Which OS are you running? I've got an Ultra-60 with Solaris 10
U3 installed, and I plugged in a cheap ($18.00) USB 2.0 PCI card into
the system, and it is quite happy to use a Logitech USB trackball with
the scroll wheel. And it works quite nicely on many programs, while
some (such as the editor "jove") simply ignore the scroll wheel.

This suggests that Solaris 10 U 3, at least, knows how to use a
wheel -- and a USB mouse -- even when the Ultra-60 did not come with a
built-in USB.

I *did* go into the trackball and weaken the spring for using
the wheel as a a middle mouse button, because otherwise my fingertip
tends to deform around it and also press the right button, pretty much
negating the middle button function.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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