When you install Linux in vmware, but can't use mouse wheel control.

That you need to set some things in a file, and reboot your vmware.

Then you can use mouse wheel control in vmware ^^

The method is under below:

To find the file :

#vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vmmouse"
Option "CorePointerOption Device" "dev/input/mice"

Then Adding

Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Option "Buttons" "5