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[Jim Turner <turnerjw784@xxxxxxxxx>]

I also am a Linux user who owns 2 IBM Scrollpoint mice and absolutely
love them.  I get best results with the "ExplorerPS/2" protocol in Xorg.
The vertical scroll works a bit sensitive, but I perceive 3 "speed"
levels based on how hard you press the stick, but I have NEVER had
horizontal scrolling working!  Yes I've tried all the axismapping "4 5 6
7" combinations, which will get "xev" to report sporatic "button 6" and
"button 7" presses when you mash the stick left or right just right with
a lot of force, but it appears that a separate protocol driver should be
written based on the "ExplorerPS/2" protocol to adjust the timings and
sensitivity of the stick to sort and smooth out the 4 different
directions and sensitivities.  If I knew anything about kernel driver
programming, I'd write one myself.  I'd be willing to coinsider sending
someone one of these mice if they'd write a good driver for it!  The pbm
is definitely an enhancement for the kernel mouse drivers (new protocol)
and is not a bug in either X or the kernel nor confined to any specific
versions.

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IBM ScrollPoint mouse scrolls vertically VERY fast and has no horizontal scrolling
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126897
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