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Trying to get Logitech mx518 working with usb...

Distro: Slackware 10.2
Kernal: 2.4.31

It works fine when i have it with the ps/2 adapter and IMPS/2 protocol in xorg.conf, but it only gives me support for the 2 main buttons, and im not exactly sure what i have to do to get it working via the usb. I also need to know what protocol to use in the conf file (im guessing logitech? idk, when i first saw that it seemed too easy...). Any help is greatly appreciated

And if you need any other info from me, ill be happy to look it up

I'm not exactly sure about the mx518 and Slackware, because I'm using mx310 and Ubuntu, but what works for one Logitech-product often works also for a similar. So here are my xorg.conf entries:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"

    Driver        "mouse"

    Option        "CorePointer"

    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option        "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

    Option        "Buttons" "7"              #the overall buttons-number plus two for the wheel

    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"      #these are the two buttons for wheel-up/down and may vary

EndSection

Maybe that will help...

Here is my effort to help you.

The howto is for logitech mx700 / mx510 on suse , but atleast you'll get some hints from that

http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lo...hp/t14384.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flesym

I'm not exactly sure about the mx518 and Slackware, because I'm using mx310 and Ubuntu, but what works for one Logitech-product often works also for a similar. So here are my xorg.conf entries:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"

    Driver        "mouse"

    Option        "CorePointer"

    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option        "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

    Option        "Buttons" "7"              #the overall buttons-number plus two for the wheel

    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"      #these are the two buttons for wheel-up/down and may vary

EndSection

Maybe that will help...

Ok, thanks, that worked. Only problem is the Forward and Back Buttons on the side arent doing anything when i click them. Anyone know how to fix this?

As far as I know, the mx518 is a 8-buttons mouse? -If so, then you have to set

Code:

Option "Buttons" "10" #instead of "7" like in my example above

I'm not sure, but I guess that this will also cause to shift the wheel-buttons, so if you are not able to scroll anymore try:

Code:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "7 8"

Maybe it is also necessary to re-map some buttons, so that every button does what you want it to do. You can "try" different mappings with the command 'xmodmap'. So open a terminal and type something like:

Code:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"

Open a web browser (or something else that supports "many buttons") an check if everything works the way you want. If, in example, button 9 and 10 do what you think button 4 and 5 actually should do, then run again 'xmodmap' but this time:

Code:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 4 5"

Remember that 'wheel-up' as well as 'wheel-down' are also just buttons (so you can also configure that scolling up and down works like left- and right-button) Play around with these numbers until everything feels good for you, or ask google; I guess that someone already figured out the usual button-mapping for your mouse.

However, when you know the correct order then write it to the file '/etc/X11/Xmodmap' (maybe you have to create this). The file should contain something like:

Code:

pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 4 5

Ok, that did it. thanks for all the help