Definitive MX700 Howto

JuveDuke · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 4

Here's my attempt at a guide:

http://www.slackerlounge.org/index.php?pageid=3

Suggestions are welcome.

I'll probably work on explaining xinitrc a little more to begin with.

upalom00 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

JuveDuke

Your link was live a few minutes ago....but now it seems "dead". Access error message.

iverson0881 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: CA

Try this link instead
http://www.slackerlounge.org/slack.php?type=linux&id=1

Or go to the main domain and click the link to the guide.

Headrush · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:

snizfast · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 43

Headrush · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

upalom00 · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

I followed the link posted by jukedev and followed the guide. Now with different settings in xorg.conf my mouse is either not working at all when entering my desktop or gdm does not allow me to enter my desktop environment. Its a bit frusterating as I went from a semi-working mouse to no mouse at all.

I am typing this in by hand in links
Here is my xorg.conf:

Headrush · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject:

upalom00,

try changing

upalom00 · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

JuveDuke · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 4

http://www.slackerlounge.org/index.php?pageid=3

Alright, sorry about that, fixed my link.

Learning php and mysql as I go (and ftp access on my host went down for a bit so I couldn't fix things).

JuveDuke · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 4

iverson0881 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: CA

Alright well tried out the guide and it's quite nice but.......

I'm a bit confused with the last part, the xbindkeys configuration. I tried copying your config onto mine and that didn't work so I tried using xbindkeys -mk and I didn't get anything close to like yours. For example CTRL + R would yield m:0x04 + c:27. So I think something is up. My buttons are all screwed up too. For example, the left click does do the the normal clicking but I can't highlight. The quick scroll up/down does left clicking but with highlighting. It's a bit weird.

.xinitrc contents:

JuveDuke · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 4

The xbindkeys -mk utility is meant to (at least in this use of the program) capture mouse button clicks and tell you what mouse button is being pressed inside that little window. This helps to match up the values coming after the "b:" with what you want.

So, if you notice that what you're programming to be the forward button (in this case I was mapping "b:7" to be forward) actually corresponds to a different button (maybe the back button) then you can switch up the b:7 and b:6 lines.

And when you did it originally what exactly happened?

[Lx]-=Mystify=- · Apprentice Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 180

I also try to get my MX500 to work...

I didn't solve the problem, that some buttons produce more than 1 button click...

I use evdev compiled into my kernel, and in the xorg config

Genfoo' · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 112

I got my MX1000 to work the way I want it to with this:

emerge -p gentoo-sources

kiel.wells · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 97

Why does the "Device" line have to be something besides /dev/input/mice?

No matter what I put for "Device", Xorg cannot find my mouse when I have this config

Genfoo' · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 112

If you are using evdev protocol then use:

iverson0881 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: CA

Headrush · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject:

kiel.wells, how are you testing the configuration?

Start the program xev and while the mouse pointer is in the window that appears, try each mouse button and see if it produces any code.

You'll probably want to use XAxisMapping "9 10" and then use xmodmap to change the mappings.

kiel.wells · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 97

Well, with my current config it recognizes left, right, scroll-up, scroll-down, and middle-click.

The cruise control buttons are attached to the scroll wheel, but when cruisecontrol is disabled, they aren't recognized.

the quick switch button is listed as button1.

I've tried the walk-through of that link above, followed it exactly to the letter, and couldn't get it to recognize a core pointer.

I also want to have imwheel and xmodmap run when gdm starts, so i don't have to 'startx' from a console.

TIA

-Kiel
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Headrush · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:

kiel.wells · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 97

Sorry, I meant to say 'xev' but forgot when I posted earlier.

Yes, xev recognizes button 1(left click), button 2 (middle click), button 3 (right click), button 4 (scroll up), and button 5 (scroll down). The 'quick switch' button produces a button 1 event in xev.

The cruise control buttons produce the same events as scroll up and down, just like they should. When cruise control is disabled by the logitech_applet, neither button produces an event in xev.

The two side buttons do not produce an event in xev at all.
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1 NEC DVD-RW, 1 DVD-R/CD-RW
420W Enermax ATX 2.0

Headrush · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject:

kiel.wells,

Are you sure no other programs ran that modified mouse input?

The cruise buttons should produce two button pushes in xev, not one. Then when cruise is deactivated by logitech_applet you are left with the unique one. Seems like logitech_applet is correctly removing the second one, so leads me to believe, either something else is modifying the input, or your not getting the right input.

Have you tried the other inputs in /dev/input including /dev/input/event0?
You have to modify xorg.conf and restart X each time to test.

And can you change the ZAxisMApping to "9 10"

kiel.wells · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 97

Well, right now all the buttons produce separate events in xev, but they're a little confused.

Button 1 = Left click
Button 2 = middle click
Button 3 = right click
button 4 = big side button
button 5 = little side button
button 6 = quick switch button
button 7 = cruise up button
button 8 = cruise down button
button 9 = wheel up
button 10 = wheel down

The two side buttons control scrolling at the moment, but they are backwards (forward one goes down, rearward one goes up).
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1 NEC DVD-RW, 1 DVD-R/CD-RW
420W Enermax ATX 2.0

iverson0881 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: CA

Dev name isn't just a display name. It does matter. it is what is listed in cat /proc/bus/input/devices . My spelling error made a big difference as X would refuse to run and would say no pointer was available. It isn't the same as "Identifier" as described in video card area. So yeah it isn't just a name it corresponds to your device.