Re: Configuring Kensington mouse buttons

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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

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