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boilertech

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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.

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Hi BoilertechGlad you got some progress finally !!What happens if you give the command:

imwheel -k -b "67"

. . . . does that make any change ?:ph34r: Bruno

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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
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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 ):ph34r: Bruno
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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.

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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 :ph34r: :thumbsup: Bruno

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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.
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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!

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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).
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