USB 7 Button Mouse

[jrbush82]

I've gone through the NHF for this Micro$oft USB Intellimouse, along with the stuff from xfree86.org and I've looked on linuxdoc.org for information on getting my mouse working with at least the middle button that scrolls! I can't seem to get it for the world. If I change my protocol from PS/2 to anything else, then my mouse goes bazzerk when I load X. I have tried adding the option "Buttons" "7" ZAxis option, and as long as the protocol is PS/2, they give me no errors, but there is still no scroll mouse. Any ideas on why I can't get my usb mouse to work with anyting other than the 3 clicking buttons?

Thanks,
Jason

[Malakin]

Did you read this? http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/intellimouseexplorer.html

[jrbush82]

I've gone through the NHF for this Micro$oft USB Intellimouse

[mcmanus69]

Try running:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" (if you set the scroll up and down to 6 and 7 that is. If you set it to 4 5 then you hafta put 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)

[jrbush82]

I've done that, nothing changed...

[Gaccm]

Here is what i have in my xfree86config file to get my USB logitech 3 button +whell mouse to fully work:

Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

i don't use gdm, if you do, then you need to change the "device" thing

[mcmanus69]

Originally posted by jrbush82:
<STRONG>I've done that, nothing changed...</STRONG>

Your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file should have these lines:


Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" (or "4 5")

then if you run xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" it should work. So check your XF86Config-4 file.

[ 21 August 2001: Message edited by: mcmanus69 ]

[jrbush82]

YES! I got it working with the last couple of posts. Thanks guys. One more thing... how do I run xmodmap on startup so that I don't have to type it each time?

[mcmanus69]

You can put it in .xinitrc or .Xsession , depending on what distro you use. Those worked for SuSE. However, I'm using Mandrake right now and it doesn't exactly follow too many standards, and I have yet to figure out where I can put startup scripts. Sorry, but I don't understand the MDK file structuring very well, and plan on switching to Slackware or Debian soon.

[jrbush82]

welp, that didn't work, tried the .xinitrc, got a x-server error deal and died back to console

[Malakin]

Make a script that definitely works and if you're using KDE put it in your "$HOME/.kde/Autostart" folder.

[jrbush82]

well.. I wrote a perl script and made it executable, and it was in Autostart, but it didn't work

[Icculus]

do you need to install your mouse as a ps2 or will this work with it as a USB

[jrbush82]

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

this is how I have it in my script, and then I have to run:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

on X-Windows startup...

You can make a script and put it in your Autostart for KDE if you use it...

#!/bin/bash
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

save it as mouse, make it executable, and put it in ~HOME/.kde/Autostart

good luck

[xIcculusx]

do i need to cahnge my mouse to ps2 ? :)