>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:45:27 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Grey Wolf <greywolf@siteROCK.com>
>
>Firstly, I remember there being a driver for the wheelmice which would
>actually enable one to use the wheel on the mouse.  It'd be nice to be
>able to do that.  Can anyone throw me a (bone *)?

The main trick is to put "ZAxisMapping 4 5" in the Pointer section of
/etc/XF86Config.  Full details and information on making specific
applications understand the wheel can be found at:
http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/

I can't answer the rest of your questions, sorry.

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