Mouse Buttons

tnelms · #1 7th March 2006, 08:17 PM

Has anyone been able to get the side mouse buttons working as back/forward? I've tried what worked in FC4 & RHEL4 but it doesn't work in FC5T3. I've tried it with a Microsoft Wireless Explorer 2.0 & a Logitech Cordless Click! Plus. No joy with either. This works fine in FC4 and other versions.

linux_paul · #2 22nd March 2006, 02:36 PM

Same problem, my scroll buttons go forward and back and side buttons do nothing. But modifying the .xmodmap doesn't help.

linux_paul · #3 23rd March 2006, 03:56 PM

guess we are on our own

tnelms · #4 23rd March 2006, 04:01 PM

Looks like it

orionblue3 · #5 24th March 2006, 02:39 AM

I finally got mine working. I think they rearranged the buttons and jumped from 7 to 11.
In xorg.conf, I changed:

Section "InputDevice"
...
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

to:

Section "InputDevice"
...
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

I'm not really sure why this works, but it does. I also got rid of my xmodmap call that I had in FC4. Good luck.

linux_paul · #6 24th March 2006, 06:12 AM

Cool, thanks.

BTW, if anyone is having trouble with imwheel after the upgrade just create a script to start upon bootup:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/X11R6/bin/imwheel -k -b "67"

tnelms · #7 24th March 2006, 04:07 PM

I tried orionblue3's changes but changing the xorg.conf file alone didn't fix the problem with my side buttons. Did you change anything else or use any parts of the old instructions to get it working?

ThaRealest · #8 24th March 2006, 04:23 PM

this worked for me:

Section "InputDevice"
...
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

i basically just kept the value 7 for Buttons n changed the rest as suggested. You need to logout and back in for it to take effect

linux_paul · #9 24th March 2006, 05:35 PM

Here is my entire mouse section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I'm using a Logitech MX700.

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Buttons" "5"
	Option      "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Hope this helps.

tnelms · #10 24th March 2006, 05:50 PM

Thanks pwiesen! That worked. Looks like I forgot to change the Protocol to ExplorerPS/2