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A4Tech X-718 navigation buttons problem

Hi, i have problem configuring my mouse navigation buttons. Its a 7 button mouse,A4Tech X-718 http://www.x7.cn/en/product.asp?id=17
Adding usual :

Code:

        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

        Option      "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"

doesent help.

lsusb -v output:

Code:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 09da:000e A4 Tech Co., Ltd

Device Descriptor:

  bLength                18

  bDescriptorType        1

  bcdUSB              1.10

  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)

  bDeviceSubClass        0

  bDeviceProtocol        0

  bMaxPacketSize0        8

  idVendor          0x09da A4 Tech Co., Ltd

  idProduct          0x000e

  bcdDevice            0.01

  iManufacturer          1 A4Tech

  iProduct                2 PS/2+USB Mouse

  iSerial                0

  bNumConfigurations      1

  Configuration Descriptor:

    bLength                9

    bDescriptorType        2

    wTotalLength          34

    bNumInterfaces          1

    bConfigurationValue    1

    iConfiguration          3 HID-Compliant Mouse

    bmAttributes        0xa0

      (Bus Powered)

      Remote Wakeup

    MaxPower              100mA

    Interface Descriptor:

      bLength                9

      bDescriptorType        4

      bInterfaceNumber        0

      bAlternateSetting      0

      bNumEndpoints          1

      bInterfaceClass        3 Human Interface Device

      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass

      bInterfaceProtocol      2 Mouse

      iInterface              0

        HID Device Descriptor:

          bLength                9

          bDescriptorType        33

          bcdHID              1.10

          bCountryCode            0 Not supported

          bNumDescriptors        1

          bDescriptorType        34 Report

          wDescriptorLength      64

        Report Descriptors:

          ** UNAVAILABLE **

      Endpoint Descriptor:

        bLength                7

        bDescriptorType        5

        bEndpointAddress    0x81  EP 1 IN

        bmAttributes            3

          Transfer Type            Interrupt

          Synch Type              None

          Usage Type              Data

        wMaxPacketSize    0x0006  1x 6 bytes

        bInterval              10

Device Status:    0x0000

  (Bus Powered)

I'm using Slackware 12.2, kernel 2.6.28. KDE 3.5.10 desktop. xev is telling me that my "Back" button is button 3 and "Forward" button is 2. Which is realy confusing because those are already mapped on respective mouse buttons. So how can i get those navigation buttons to work?

Any help appreciated! :)

Are you saying that you have multiple buttons outputting the same codes? I've had a similar problem with my Kensington trackball. A couple of the buttons are duplicated and the rest don't work at all. It's a problem with the standard mouse driver, which doesn't properly support all the extra multimedia buttons on most modern mice.

Try the evdev driver instead; it will probably give you full support for all of your buttons. Just configure your xorg as explained here. Note that evdev has a different set of configuration options and most of the older ones won't work; but in general most mice will work fine without any extra tweaking. You'll probably only need the Identifier, Driver, And Device path in your entry.

First off thx for such a quick reply :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by David the H. (Post 3405186)

Are you saying that you have multiple buttons outputting the same codes?

Yes, mouse button 2 (middle buton under mouse wheel) and "Forward" button are both identified as 'button 2' by xev. Same situation with button 3 and "Back" button.

Quote:

Originally Posted by David the H. (Post 3405186)

Try the evdev driver instead; it will probably give you full support for all of your buttons. Just configure your xorg as explained here. Note that evdev has a different set of configuration options and most of the older ones won't work; but in general most mice will work fine without any extra tweaking. You'll probably only need the Identifier, Driver, And Device path in your entry.

Will try that as soon as i get home. Gonna post on results later.