Web-browsing keys on Intellipoint 3.1 Optical Mouse (NOT wireless)

henrywm · 11-15-2006, 03:32 PM

I am new to Linux. I recently installed Fedora Core 6.
I am using a Microsoft Intellipoint 3.1 mouse with a scrollbar and web browsing buttons. Everything works except for the web-browsing keys.

How do I fix this problem? Do I need to install drivers? I am sure Microsoft will not provide any drivers for a Linux system.

Quakeboy02 · 11-15-2006, 05:49 PM

Have you looked through this thread? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=21303

I had good luck in figuring out what my mouse configuration needed to be by running xf86cfg and viewing the button press events in xev. I wrote down how I had set the mouse up in xf86cfg and made the changes to the XF86Config-4 file manually. If that makes no sense to you, then read the whole thread. It should make some sense by the time you get to the end.

henrywm · 11-16-2006, 07:20 PM

I am not sure how to follow that information. It seems to assume more knowledge than I have. I have been using Linux for less than a week.

Quakeboy02 · 11-16-2006, 08:23 PM

"I am not sure how to follow that information. It seems to assume more knowledge than I have. I have been using Linux for less than a week."

Oh. Well, that is a problem, because doing some of the things in that thread can mess the X-Windows system up pretty badly if you don't do them right. I'd hate to have you do something that prevented you from opening the desktop at all. I think you're just going to have to live with it until you get a better understanding of Linux.

henrywm · 11-17-2006, 05:11 PM

Are there any mice which Fedora will use without problems?

Are there other distributions which will use my current mouse without problems?