X Doesn't Seem To Hear My Extra Mouse Buttons

JamieKitson · 12-04-2004, 07:46 AM

Hi,

I know this sort of problem is common, so I'll try to be as brief as possible.

I have set the following in the mouse section of my XF86Config-4:

Device - /dev/psaux
Protocol - ExplorerPS/2
Buttons - 7
ZAxisMapping - 6 7

On start using:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
imwheel -k -b "67"

But x doesn't seem to "hear" my 2 extra buttons. I've used imwheel to print out characters when mouse buttons are pressed, which works for buttons 1 - 5, but 6 and 7 never work.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks, Jamie

ilikejam · 12-04-2004, 08:34 AM

Hi.

What does your ~/.imwheelrc look like?

Dave

JamieKitson · 12-04-2004, 09:38 AM

".*"
#None, Up, Alt_R|Left
#None, Down, Alt_R|Right
None, Up, R
None, Down, l

So that I can see what it's doing. When I say it works for buttons 1 - 5 I mean that it'll print out "R" and "l" for buttons 1 - 5 when I start imwheel with, say, -b "13"

ilikejam · 12-04-2004, 12:35 PM

That sounds a bit messed up.

If you start imwheel with -b "13" then only buttons 1 and 3 will be affected by imwheel, and so only those should even possibly print I or R.

What sort of mouse is it?

Dave

JamieKitson · 12-07-2004, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ilikejam
If you start imwheel with -b "13" then only buttons 1 and 3 will be affected by imwheel, and so only those should even possibly print I or R.

Well yeah, when I say buttons 1-5 work ok I mean they work when I run imwheel with them as the buttons I want it to process.

The mouse is a cheapo 5 button wireless optical jobbie. It works with windows and I have had it working with Linux before. I just can't rememebr how.

ilikejam · 12-07-2004, 09:38 AM

Have a look at 'xev'. It shows what X is receiving from button presses, mouse movement etc. It may give you some clues.

Dave

JamieKitson · 12-08-2004, 03:51 AM

Thanks, I did have a look at this, but I suppose what I really wanted to know was: if x is not recieving the button presses what can I do about it. Maybe I need to use a different device or something? Anyway, we're just moving, so I can;t really try anything atm, but I'll keep at it

Thanks, Jamie