boilertech Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 OK. Now we are getting somewhere. I removed the line from my append box. I ran xev and the buttons now are read. Except they should be buttons 6 and 7 instead they are 2 and 3. Buttons 6 and 7 are not listed so I have two buttons for 2 and 3. I will try to explain better. Left button=1 wheel button=2 right button =3 wheel up=4 wheel down=5 left side=2 right side=3. The two side buttons should be 6 and 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Hi BoilertechGlad you got some progress finally !!What happens if you give the command: imwheel -k -b "67" . . . . does that make any change ? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilertech Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Same. I did try that. Also tried this. [mike@localhost ~]$ xmodmap -ppThere are 7 pointer buttons defined. Physical Button Button Code 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 5 7 6 4 7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Hi boilertechMaybe this gives some info: http://fresh.t-systems-sfr.com/linux/src/i.../imwheel.1.html( note: I saved the text to a file and renamed it to imwheel.html so it can be viewed "normal" in a browser )Or here it talks about Option "ButtonNumber" "7" ( http://www.glaurung.demon.co.uk/info/linux.mx500.howto.html ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilertech Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 I changed my Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" to Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" And it now works. I get weird readings from "xev" But in mozilla it works great for forward and backwards. You are very patient and helpfull ( Every one here ). Thanks for all the help. Hopefully I can return the help someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 You're welcome my friend . . . but honestly I looks rather like you managed to figure it out yourself and my "help" was not really of much use after all . . . . Great job Boilertech Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilertech Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 I get weird readings from "xev"I removed the "imwheel.sh" from .kde/autostart and everything is perfect. I will sit down later tonight and write the steps I took to make this work and post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 It sounds like changing the mouse name is what did the trick. It is amazing what little details can do. Glad you are happy with it now. Way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilertech Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 This is how I got multiple buttons on my mouse to work with PCLinuxos.1). Back up lilo.conf # cp /etc/lilo.conf{,-BACKUP} 2). Remove "psmouse.proto=imps " from append. ->Control Center ->Boot ->Configure Lilo ->highlight default entry (has a * at the end) ->Click modify ->remove "psmouse.proto=imps" from append.3). Backup xorg.conf. # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,-BACKUP} 4). Edit xorg.conf # kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf look for the ¨input device¨ mouse section and adapt it to look like: ( line 3, 5 and 6 !! ) Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Buttons" "7"EndSection 5). Make a script in .kde/Autostart $ kate ~/.kde/Autostart/mouse Insert these lines #!/bin/shxmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" Make sure you set it to executable.6). Download the program ¨imwheel¨ (1.0.0pre1) you can find it Here and install it. Once your wheel works you can test to see the extra buttons with < xev > (place mouse in the square and click the buttons and see what happens). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilertech Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 Thanks again for all the great help and support. Keep up the good work. Mike.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hi MikeI placed a link to your post in the Tips about extra mouse buttons here on the forum:http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.ph...14&t=503&st=106And on my site:http://www.brunolinux.com/06-Fine_Tuning_Y...se_Buttons.htmlThanks a bundle for your contribution ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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