Linux notes on getting a mouse to work.

xorg.conf ∞

(xorg.conf)

Run xev at the console to learn what the buttons are. Then edit $HOME/xorg.conf to set that in stone. But I don’t know how.

Working example, but buttons 6 and 7 go left and right, but not alt-left and alt-right. =/

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Mouse1"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "CorePointer"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
       Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
       Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "false"
       Option          "Buttons"               "7"
       Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
       Option          "Resolution"            "100"
       Option          "ButtonMapping"         "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

xmodmap ∞

(Xmodmap) – pointer = x

Try stuff like this:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11"

imwheel ∞

Special per-app configuration. But I’m not using it.

• /etc/X11/imwheel/imwheel.rc — for each app

• $HOME/.imwheelrc — overrides the above

imwheel -k -b "89"

Graphical configuration and button detection:

imwheel -c

Links ∞

• https://web.archive.org/web/20040714020611/http://www.gloegl.de/30.html

  • Seems hopeful, but didn’t really work for me.
• http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html

• https://llg.cubic.org/docs/mouse.html

  • Setting up a 7 button mouse
  • Doesn’t really work for me.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20141020031343/http://colas.nahaboo.net:80/mouse-wheel-scroll/
• https://www.markus-raab.org/Howtos/Hardware/mouse-left-right-handed
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081012113320/http://kerneltrap.org/node/2199
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120626021800/http://kerneltrap.org:80/node/1587

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100306171227/http://kerneltrap.org:80/node/6786

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070709045653/http://purplemoggy.blogspot.com/2006/04/logitech-mx310-ubuntu-dapper.html

  • Seems ok, but the shoulder buttons still don’t work for back/forward in Firefox.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081013042136/http://gentoo-wiki.com:80/HOWTO_Mouse_Nav_Buttons

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20081011155720/http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse/Individual_Configurations#Logitech_MX310

Logitech mouse refresh changes are present in KDE, or you can use other tools (e.g. lomoco)