Re: mouse wheel not working with xterm

["jose isaias cabrera" <jicman at cinops dot xerox dot com>]

Ago,

first of all, thank you for all your help.  You are always willing to help. 
Thanks.
> What does xev report when you scroll?

Well, it does not acknowledge the scroll.  Here is an excerpt of the run:
MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12741160, (92,1), root:(591,45),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12741180, (91,2), root:(590,46),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12741190, (91,3), root:(590,47),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12741210, (90,5), root:(589,49),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12741240, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

ButtonPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12742062, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12742442, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12743123, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12743744, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x400, button 3, same_screen YES

ButtonPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12745937, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x0, button 2, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12746558, (90,6), root:(589,50),
   state 0x200, button 2, same_screen YES

MotionNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12757013, (88,4), root:(587,48),
   state 0x0, is_hint 0, same_screen YES

LeaveNotify event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 12757033, (82,-3), root:(581,41),
   mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear, same_screen YES,
   focus YES, state 0

FocusOut event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
   mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

...

> Some mouse driver do strange stuff with
> the button and don't report it as normal scroll messages.

This is probably the case here.  Any ideas on how to make it acknowledge the 
scroll?

thanks.

josé