Logitech MX510 + Slack 10.0 + xorg

(!~CoW~!) · 10-23-2004, 03:22 PM

Code:

# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

#    Option     "Protocol"      "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
#    Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
#    Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
#    MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
#    ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
    Option "Protocol"    "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
# The mouse device.  The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.
    Option "Buttons"	 "7"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
#   Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
#   Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS0"
#   Option "Device"      "/dev/ttyS1"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"	"Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"		"9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"	"150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection

# Some examples of extended input devices

# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver     "magellan"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver     "spaceorb"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver     "microtouch"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"          "1412"
#    Option     "MaxX"          "15184"
#    Option     "MinY"          "15372"
#    Option     "MaxY"          "1230"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver     "elo2300"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"          "231"
#    Option     "MaxX"          "3868"
#    Option     "MinY"          "3858"
#    Option     "MaxY"          "272"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonThreshold"       "17"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

Thats my current mouse setup, any ideas on how to get the rest of my buttons (mainly scroll wheel) working would be greatly appreciated.

blk96gt · 10-23-2004, 05:41 PM

Try this command in a terminal and then see if the scrollbar works:

Code:

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

Your forward and back buttons should also work in your browser now too.

If that command worked, add that line somewhere in your ~/.xinitrc file.

TenEighty · 10-23-2004, 07:08 PM

I also have a logitech wheel mouse, which is functioning in Slackware 10.0 as a three button mouse only. I ran xmodmap from KDE with command tail you indicated but it didn't seem to change anything.

Exactly what is xmodmap doing here, or what is it that we want it to do? Seems it must be remapping a device named "pointer", but what does the sequence of numbers represent.

blk96gt · 10-23-2004, 08:03 PM

Here's what the InputSection for your mouse should look like to get the xmodmap command to work.

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "ButtonNumber" "7"
    Option "Buttons"    "7"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

From what I have gathered, for this mouse(MX510), the Scrollbar buttons are considered buttons 6 and 7 when you tell xorg that the mouse is 7 buttons. However, most applications expect the Z-axis buttons to be 4 and 5. xmodmap allows the remapping of keys from the keyboard and mouse. If you run this command(as long as you have enabled seven buttons, and you haven't ran the xmodmap command I specified in my first post):

Code:

xmodmap -pp

you should get an output looking something like this:

Code:

Physical                 Button
 Button                   Code
   1                        1
   2                        2
   3                        3
   4                        4
   5                        5
   6                        6
   7                        7

Now if you were to run this command:

Code:

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

your output should look like this:

Code:

Physical                 Button
 Button                   Code
   1                        1
   2                        2
   3                        3
   4                        6
   5                        7
   6                        4
   7                        5

What that command does is remaps the physical 4 and 5 buttons(thumb buttons) to 6 and 7, and the physical 6 and 7 buttons(Z-axis) to 4 and 5, which is what most applications are expecting.

Hope this explains everything.

(!~CoW~!) · 10-28-2004, 02:50 PM

Alright, scroll bar works now, thank you very much, side buttons, however, still don't function... It may just be Konqueror though,

Edit: nevermind, by some quirk of phate its working now

beajedi · 11-06-2004, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blk96gt
Try this command in a terminal and then see if the scrollbar works:

Code:

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

Your forward and back buttons should also work in your browser now too.

If that command worked, add that line somewhere in your ~/.xinitrc file.

It works, but where do I put it in my ~/.xinitrc file?

Can you post yours (if it works) so I can see where I can put it?

blk96gt · 11-07-2004, 01:00 AM

I added it right before the window manager starts. So if you're using KDE, put it right before the startkde command.

beajedi · 11-08-2004, 03:13 AM

does it matter if I'm using GDM?

I'm using run level 4 in my inittab (its the run level that starts up straight into X in slackware). Does it look at the /.xinitrc when I boot this way?

(!~CoW~!) · 11-11-2004, 05:10 AM

Got everything working, thanks for the help

Borka · 12-05-2004, 08:32 AM

hmm, I just installing mine correctly,
I have to use "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" intsted of "6 7", and I get it to work..
the problems I get is that, sometimes the scrollbuttons (over and under the scroll wheel) don't do what they shuld, the one that is suposed to scroll uppwards sometimes go backwards in the page history, and the one that shuld scroll down, always marks the text while it does it, anyone got a fix for this?

gotmonkey · 12-16-2004, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by (!~CoW~!)
Got everything working, thanks for the help

question: how did you get it to work?

I modified my
xorg.conf

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

it works when I do that.

I added the that line in the .xinitrc just before the window mgr

/usr/X11/bin/xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

I log out of x windows, log in and it still shows button code of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
when I run /usr/X11/bin/xmodmap -pp

any idea how to fix it?

Update: From another post, I ran in console
echo "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" > ~/.Xmodmap
restarted X
works fine in mozilla

Douwe · 01-17-2005, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gotmonkey
question: how did you get it to work?

I modified my
xorg.conf

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

it works when I do that.

I added the that line in the .xinitrc just before the window mgr

/usr/X11/bin/xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

I log out of x windows, log in and it still shows button code of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
when I run /usr/X11/bin/xmodmap -pp

any idea how to fix it?

This is not the best solution in Slackware.

Quote:

Originally posted by gotmonkey
Update: From another post, I ran in console
echo "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" > ~/.Xmodmap
restarted X
works fine in mozilla

This is a good solution. It makes the mouse available for this user.
If you want all users can profit from this, do:
echo "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

Now you have made available this feature for all your Window Managers (KDE, Gnome, fluxbox, whatever you installed....).
Make a study of the handy Slack-shellscript /usr/X11R6/bin/xwmconfig to understand why the first solution is bad.
This shellscript is handy for choosing a WM if you boot your Slackware into console and then start the WM with startx (as I do).
But if you boot right into X, this will work too for you I guess (did not study that case).