BTC 9019URF mouse buttons not active in X

fizzdandantilus · 01-10-2005, 01:37 AM

Hi all,

I am trying to get my BTC 9019URF multimedia keyboard/joystick being used in Suse 9.1, XFree86 4.3.99 and KDE 3.3.2, to work.

So far I have pointer movement and standard keys on the keyboard working, but the mouse buttons don't do anything.

If you have any suggestions I would be grateful.

******LOG**********
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using address 2
usb 1-1: Product: USB Multimedia Cordless Kit
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: BTC
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00023c009107a346]
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
input: USB HID v1.00 Keyboard [BTC USB Multimedia Cordless Kit ] on usb-0000:00:02.2-1
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [BTC USB Multimedia Cordless Kit ] on usb-0000:00:02.2-1
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
*******END*LOG********

SteveHodge99 · 07-19-2005, 05:42 AM

I got the mouse buttons working. I found that the BTC sends unusual codes for the mouse buttons, so I hacked my kernel source to recognise those codes. I just changed the mousedev_key_event function in /usr/src/linux/drivers/input/mousedev.c to include the extra codes:

Code:

static void mousedev_key_event(...
...
  case BTN_TOUCH:
  case BTN_0:
  case BTN_FORWARD:
  case 285:
  case BTN_LEFT:           index = 0; break;
  case BTN_STYLUS:
  case BTN_1:
  case 286:
  case BTN_RIGHT:          index = 1; break;
  case BTN_2:
  case BTN_STYLUS2:
  case 287:
  case BTN_MIDDLE:         index = 2; break;
  case BTN_3:
...

The bold lines with the 28x numbers are the ones I added. Just do the same and recompile and install the new kernel.

fizzdandantilus · 07-19-2005, 06:09 AM

Thanks for the info.
For me, it turned out that the keyboard was faulty. I got it replaced and it now works.

SteveHodge99 · 07-19-2005, 06:17 AM

Interesting. What distro and kernel are you running?

fizzdandantilus · 07-19-2005, 10:16 PM

suse 9.1 pro. kernel 2.6.4

rushtrader · 10-11-2005, 07:46 AM

A more "proper" patch would be to define the following in your kernel tree in include/linux/input.h:

Code:

#define BTN_BTC_LEFT            0x11d
#define BTN_BTC_RIGHT           0x11e
#define BTN_BTC_MIDDLE          0x11f

then change drivers/input/mousedev.c in the same place as above but to look like this:

Code:

        switch (code) {
                case BTN_TOUCH:
                case BTN_0:
                case BTN_FORWARD:
                case BTN_BTC_LEFT:
                case BTN_LEFT:          index = 0; break;
                case BTN_STYLUS:
                case BTN_1:
                case BTN_BTC_RIGHT:
                case BTN_RIGHT:         index = 1; break;
                case BTN_2:
                case BTN_STYLUS2:
                case BTN_BTC_MIDDLE:
                case BTN_MIDDLE:        index = 2; break;
                case BTN_3:
                case BTN_BACK:
                case BTN_SIDE:          index = 3; break;
                case BTN_4:
                case BTN_EXTRA:         index = 4; break;
                default:                return;
        }

While the same result is accomplished, it is easier to read and debug this way.

RT

SteveHodge99 · 10-11-2005, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rushtrader
A more "proper" patch would be to define the following in your kernel tree in include/linux/input.h:

Yeah, that's better, though I don't think that is the right place to solve the problem for a "real" patch. The lower level driver code should be fixed to generate BTN_LEFT/BTN_RIGHT/BTN_MIDDLE codes.

Anyway, the problem vanished when I upgraded to 2.6.12 so I don't think the patch is likely to be needed anymore.

psychowood · 10-29-2005, 11:12 AM

Hi,
I'm trying to make the 9019urf work with VectorLinux (SOHO Latest version) but I have a different problem: the mouse doesn't work at all!

I only moves up and down, and the "recognition pattern" isn't correct: I mean, it moves UP when I move LEFT, DOWN when I move RIGHT, LEFT (slow) for the MIDDLE BUTTON, LEFT (faster) for the RIGHT BUTTON, and so on...

Vectorlinux runs Kernel version 2.6.12, so it should be compatible without any patch.

Bu the way, under windows XP it works flawlessly (no drivers needed).

Thanks in advance for you help!