ubuntu and extra mouse buttons woe.

porkrind · 10 May 2007 at 13:06

Hi have enable the extra buttons so I can skip fwd/back within firefox but I'm only getting the back button not forward. I have had it working before but this is a fresh install and I'm stumped.

Be grateful if you could advise me on what to do.

Here is relevant bit of my xorg.conf file.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 "
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 6 7"
EndSection

blairw · 10 May 2007 at 19:11

Ive tried this too, but i messed up the config and had to restor my config by the command line, aint had the guts to try again

But on the ubuntu wiki there is a guide to do it

porkrind · 10 May 2007 at 20:57

yes i followed that to get to the config above but I have the button that normally does fwd doing back and no fwd button , weird

.walls · 10 May 2007 at 21:07

It sounds like you have the button mapping order messed up.

Also - does your scroll wheel work properly?

avrc · 11 May 2007 at 10:14

Think it depends upon your mouse brand and model but this gets the forward and back buttons working on my Logitech MX700

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse[1]"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Buttons" "10"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Name" "Logitech USB Receiver"
    Option         "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
    Option         "Vendor" "Sysp"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 "
    Option         "Resolution" "800"
EndSection

porkrind · 11 May 2007 at 10:47

yes its a logitech 510 and mouse wheel is fine.

porkrind · 11 May 2007 at 10:49

just spotted error I have button 5 mapped twice. DOH!

porkrind said:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 "
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 6 7"
EndSection

.walls · 11 May 2007 at 12:43

kinda why I was wondering if your scroll wheel was working! ;-)