X.Org FAQ

How do I enable the mouse scroll wheel?

Edit your xorg.conf, look for the mouse section (The inputdevice that uses driver mouse, Add the following statements:
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Also make sure that your mouse driver supports 5 buttons, that means it has Option Protocol set to either ImPS/2, ExPS/2, wsmouse (*BSD) or auto.

You suck.

Looks like it, mate.

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