Logitech MX610 in SuSE 10.0

j4ckm4te · 10-23-2005, 11:28 AM

Hi,
I've already posted this but I wasn't really able to do what was answered and I've changes my distribution to SuSE 10.0 OSS since, so I'll ask again: How do I get to work the additional buttons in my Logitech MX610. They are: vol. up/down, mute, back/forward, email notification and IM notification (these last 2 didn't even work in Window$ with Logitech provided driver and don't care much about them, but it would be great if they worked too).
Thanks for any advice!

RedShirt · 10-23-2005, 12:06 PM

Good luck. I was told with my MX3100 and my Microsoft Digital Pro Keyboard that all those buttons were useless, as the linux kernel recognizes a maximum of 105keys, and since standard keyboards are 104... that doesn't leave much room. I honestly hope you find a way, or someone can tell us how to do it, but from what I have been told, it won't happen until the kernel is upgraded to allow for many more buttons, which isn't a priority.

kwiqsilver · 05-19-2006, 01:03 PM

I just got an mx610 lefty yesterday. Here's how I got it working (mostly).
I'm running Debian sid amd64 with xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4.

I followed blog.blackdown.de/2006/01/15/updated-logitech-mx1000-configuration (it won't let me post a URL until I've posted three times) to create a udev device /dev/input/mx610.

I had to change my xorg.conf mouse entry to this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
  Driver        "evdev"
#  Option        "CorePointer"
  Option        "Device"          "/dev/input/mx610"
  Option        "Buttons"        "20"
  Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Then I set up ~/.xbindkeysrc like so:

Code:

#Backward and Forward buttons
"xvkbd -text "\[Alt_L]\[Left]""
  m:0x10 + b:8
"xvkbd -text "\[Alt_L]\[Right]""
  m:0x10 + b:9

#===============================================================================
#   Amarok.
#===============================================================================
# Next track
"amarok -f"
  m:0x0 + c:153

# Previous track
"amarok -r"
  m:0x0 + c:144

# Play
"amarok -p"
  m:0x0 + c:162

# Stop
"amarok -s"
  m:0x0 + c:164

# Volume +
"amixer set PCM 1+"
  m:0x0 + c:176

# Volume -
"amixer set PCM 1-"
  m:0x0 + c:174

# Mute
"amxier set PCM toggle"
  m:0x0 + c:160

There's one more button you can use; the mail button. To use it add a section like the ones above, call whatever program you want, and use c:236. I have yet to figure how to get the scroll buttons left & right and the IM button to work (or to control the lights, but I don't care about that, since I can see a blinking icon on the screen better than one under my hand).

jonc83 · 08-28-2006, 05:42 PM

For anyone else trying to follow these guides to get the mouse working, a few quick points;

firstly, you may need to add Load "evdev" to the module list at the top of xorg.conf.

Secondly, ensure that the Identifier for the mouse is the same as the mouse name listed under ServerLayout at the end of xorg.conf