Reid Rivenburgh wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:15:02 -0700 >> "Reid Rivenburgh" <reidr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Section "InputDevice" >> > Identifier "Mouse0" >> > Driver "mouse" >> > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" >> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >> > Option "Buttons" "7" >> > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" >> > EndSection >> >> I've got a different kensington mouse, but I found that >> I couldn't see all the buttons in xev till I changed >> the Protocol option to be "Auto", the "IMPS/2" makes >> it stupider than it otherwise needs to be. Also, once >> you use "Auto" protocol, saying "Buttons" is apparently a bad >> idea. It seemingly changes the number of buttons to >> be some completely random value :-). >> >> Once all the buttons work, you can make any of them be >> any thing by using xmodmap (which is usually automatic >> if you edit the /etc/X11/Xmodmap file). > > Thanks for the pointers, Tom! I wasn't sure how to modify my > xorg.conf. That mouse entry I pasted is probably from many years ago, > the last time I had to do something like this. > > Which reminds me.... Is there any "proper", GUI way to change these > kinds of settings? I vaguely recall there being a system-config-mouse > program once upon a time. Did that go away? Was its functionality > somehow absorbed into xorg itself? Just curious, I certainly have no > fear of firing up vi! system-config-mouse is no more. (At least as of F8.) I had similar problems porting my FC5 mouse configuration for my Logitech MX1000. I'm using the "evdev" driver for it instead of mouse, and I have to tell it I have 12 buttons. > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Logitech MX1000" > Driver "evdev" > Option "Protocol" "Auto" > # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mx1000" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" > Option "Name" "Logitech USB Receiver" > Option "Buttons" "12" > Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6" > EndSection I spent a couple of hours pouring over the "man mouse" and "man evdev" stuff in order to find the "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" I need for my tilt wheel. At least with F8 I have the most buttons actually working on my mouse than any other release. Also the evdev driver doesn't like symlinks to the correct device. B^( I'll be the first to say that the documentation is strewn all over the place, and, yes, mouse configuration needs a well written GUI configurator. Xorg has come a long way with its "auto" support, but there is still more work that needs to be done. > Thanks again, > reid -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
