is there any way i can get the side mouse buttons to work on my logitech mx500?
i want to be able able to assign specific key strokes to the mouse buttons so i can use them in mohaa thru cedega

I have never dealt with mouse side buttons considering the X config.

www.google.com/linux

You will probably have to make changes to your X config. In the past the middle mouse button (Or scroll button did not work in linux by default and you needed to make changes to your X config.)

thanx for the reply tried altering xorg.conf many x 2nite, have spent all nite in work tryin 2 fix something that shud be ez so think its about time 2 say bollox 2 it n ttfn linux cus i don't have time 2 spend hour fixing things that would take 10sec in any windows O's

You could consider complaining to Logitech for not offering drivers for Linux?

true logitech should provide drivers but they ain't gonna! but we aint talking about a complicated bit of equipment a mouse with more than 2 buttons isn't exactly exotic hardware is it! a basic device should be automatically work with out spending multiple hr's of trial and error configuration surely?

They most certainly won't bother writing drivers if no-one complains. I agree that it should be much easier to get a basic piece of hardware like a mouse working, but the primary responsibility lies with the manufacturer. They release Windows versions of their drivers, so there is no reason they can't release Linux ones too. I honestly think you should tell them so - it might not fix the immediate problem, but the more recognition they have of a need to produce Linux drivers, the more likely it is they will be released in future.

In relation to solving the problem yourself, have you tried this page? It seems to be saying that the process isn't easy, but it is doable. As you say you've already spent a fair bit of time trying to get this working, you may have already seen it, but thought I'd offer the link anyway. The guy who wrote it discusses mapping keys to the extra buttons, which is what you say you want to do.

Hope it helps.

all true but xfree n linux distros in general don't make this ez 4 any company with so many changes so quickly..imo

tried that 1 either am missing something or fc4 or something in it has changed to stop this working but i will have a another go when i get sometime off work....err WHEN I GET SOMETIME OFF