Fedora howto: 5 button mouse, triple display, link to alsa how to
First off, someone needs to add this to a howto or something...this is a common question I see alot, but it seems people dont answer it fully. I think I answer it fully, but if I don't then mod it and fix it or reply to it and say hey loser...this is wrong.
Well here goes, it has taken a while to get 5 buttons to work in fedora, so i am going to give my information, so maybe it will help someone else? First off I am running Fedora Core 1, and 2.6 kernel I used imwheel version 1.0.0.pre1. imwheel /etc/X11/XFConfig Input Device section Code:
Section "InputDevice" /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse Code:
#!/bin/sh ~/imwheelrc file Code:
"mozilla*" run this...or put in a script for startup /usr/local/bin/imwheel -k -b "67" it should work now...it was a bitch to figure out..so here is a link..that helped me intellimouse 5 buttons more mods and howto |
Well, I thougt I would like the page to here for sound on Fedora Core 1 with kernel 2.6
First off I tried the rpm for 2.6/Fedora Core 1 and they did not work. I then found this on the forum and follow his instructions: D/l what they say and follow the install from their link on Alsa webpage. If you read both directions carefully, you will have np installing. Btw alsa-conf is in the alsa-util dir. ALSA/Fedora/2.6 kernel |
I am in such a helping mood over the past two days I thought I would also show you my "triple display" /etc/X11/XFConfig file. I use 1 nvidia agp card and 2 shitty pci cards.
Code:
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Awesome bud. :)
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Hey toolshed, nice post.
I modified XF86Config, but I haven't been able to get it to work. :scratch: Nevermind guys, I think I've got it figured out. |
Question
I have changed my XF86config file and then the buttons on either side did do left and right. I inputted the bash script and it automatically does everything at startup.
However my two buttons on either side suddenly switched off. Help. EDIT *Forget it, I installed from the link imwheel and this fixed my problems. Arny! |
You mean that you got your mouse and it's buttons working but you boot your computer one day and found that your mouse was not working?
Could you post your /etc/X11/xfconfig file? Just do less /etc/X11/XFconfig and copy it here. |
Sorry it is all fixed. Although I have a bugger of an config file since it was rewritten by ATI when I installed my graphics card drivers.
Arny! |
Ok. Good.
Cheers. |
Help! please! this is driving me nuts!!!
i've been trying to do the same thing toolshed did, but i am having lots of problems. i'm in Fedora Core 1, with a microsoft intellimouse. The wheel works (scrolls), but the side buttons don't work quite right. the following are excerpts from files: from /etc/X11/XF86config Code:
Section "InputDevice" (i think i'm supposed to make this file and i think it loads when x starts). Code:
#!/bin/sh /etc/X11/imwheel/imwheelrc contents of that file are: Code:
".*" i know the buttons on the side of the mouse are being noticed, xev detects them, and in mozilla, the left button works as "page up" and the right button works as "page down" :scratch: any help would be greatly appreciated. |
yeah I had the same problem but then I installed imwheel from the link in the first post of this thread.
http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/file...0.0pre1.tar.gz Also do make the mouse bash file and it stops having to type it in. forget about making an imwheel file. after rebooting it worked perfectly Arny! |
thanks for the reply,
i tried removing version 6 of imwheel, and installing version 1 (as in the original post), rebooted, and it does the same thing. any other ideas? |
Have you gone into the mozilla preferences and looked at mouse options. There is a option down the bottom to match what the buttons do and it sounds like this option is inputted wrongly.
Let me get this straight. 1. Your mouse wheel works 2. the left and right buttons of the mouse wheel work 3. They are not going forward and back in terms of pages 4. You have definitely created the file mouse in the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ folder Not just the xint folder? Arny! |
sorry about the long down time. had a lot to do at work lately.
1. yes. the mouse wheel scrolls up and down. 2. yes. xev gives output showing that the left and right buttons are recognized. 3. correct. the buttons paste highlighted text to the URL field in my browser. 4. yep. the text below is definitely in the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse Code:
#!/bin/sh thanks again for the help. |
Bugger
ok it sounds like one of two problems.
1. IMWheel is not working properly. here is a link to the mst current version of imwheel. http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/file...0.0pre6.tar.gz Make sure before you unpack it that you: 1. Run the "imwheel -k" command in your terminal to counteract your mouse file loader. 2. You delete the directory called imwheel from the X11 folder 3. You delete any other directories called imwheel from the X11 folder after you have uninstalled them. If you don't know how just delete them and run the imwheel it will overwrite them anyway. 2. Mozilla is incorrectly configured. Goto Edit>>>Preferences>>advanced>>mouse Wheel make sure you have the Alt, Control and Shift configured to move backwards and forwards while browsing. Hope this helps Arny! |
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