5 button mouse - extra buttons not working?

[tollyboi]

how do i configure the buttons on the side (in windows these function as back and forward in firefox, explorer etc)
but in FC3 they screw up. same with clicking the wheel normally i can scroll etc.

[ghaefb]

I did it like this: in /etc/X11/xorg.conf find section "InputDevice" where mouse is.
My xorg.conf looks like this:

Section "InputDevice"
                Identifier  "Mouse0"
                Driver      "mouse"
                Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
                Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
                Option      "Buttons"      "7"
                Option      "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
        EndSection

Restart X(ctrl+alt+backspace) and run this command:

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

and you should be able to configure those extra buttons.

[henrikg]

Wow, thanks! I didn't write the original post, but I've been trying to do this a couple of times after reading other howto's. This is the first time I actually got it to work, and it was easy too.

Thanks a lot!

[tollyboi]

ok it seemed to have worked some of the way
except scroll wheel has become back forward buttons and buttons on side of mouse (back forward in windows) have become scroll up down etc lol... how do i change this?

[ghaefb]

Originally Posted by tollyboi

ok it seemed to have worked some of the way
except scroll wheel has become back forward buttons and buttons on side of mouse (back forward in windows) have become scroll up down etc lol... how do i change this?

I don't know exactly how to change this... but did you run this 'xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"' command exactly as I wrote it ?
Try playing with this numbers, there must be a catch

[MrMoke]

The solution is called IMWheel. Linux doesn't handle multi-button mice directly (neither does Microsoft), so you have to add the functionality to Linux the same way you do in Windows (software).

First, check the manufacturer site for Linux drivers (don't bother looking at Microsoft).

Then go here:

http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/

There is quite a bit of documentation regarding how to install the software and how to configure the mouse settings.

Good Luck

[tollyboi]

i have played around with the buttons with no luck. yes it's a microsoft usb mouse. also tried the imwheel with no luck... the only thing i can get the buttons on the side to do is scroll but not do what they are meant to do (back/forward)

[MrMoke]

This seems to indicate the need for PS/2 over USB, but don't personally know. I use the same PS/2 adapter on my USB explorer, and have it plugged into a IOGear Miniview SE.

http://www.groundhog1.com/mouse/MSExplorer.html

[mcg]

I have an MS Intellimouse and I do it llike this:

1. /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "Buttons"   "7"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

a small script:
2. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh

# Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

3. and finally as root run:

chmod +x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh

With this config I can have the sidebuttons configured as backward & forward, the scroll weel to scroll up & down in a document and clickweel as paste!

[tollyboi]

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27470
is what i did to fix it!
thanks guys

I have the original Intellimouse Explorer and can confirm this hack works perfectly. Thank you for the above link

[NiTr8]

Thank you mcg,

I used your method for an Intellimouse Explorer and it works perfectly.

[sbddude]

I was able to get this working, however I am forced to enter the command
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
after every reboot. Is there a way to have it entered automatically?