Re: Mouse Configuration

[Adam Burke <linux86 gmail com>]

I am still unsure about how to go about changing the button
configuration for my mouse, and i get the same error that Harlan gets
when entering in the code you suggested.  Any other ideas?

On 4/26/05, Harlan Feinstein <harlan feinsteins net> wrote:
>   Alexander> In /etc/X121/xorg.conf:
> 
>   Alexander> Section "InputDevice Identifier "Mouse0 Driver "mouse Option     "
>   Alexander> "Protocol" "IMPS/2 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice Option       "
>   Alexander> "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes                "
> 
>   Alexander> Additionally executing following command: /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap
>   Alexander> -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
> 
> When I do the latter (the xmodmap command), I get this:
> 
> xmodmap:  commandline:0:  bad number of buttons, must have 5 instead of 7
> xmodmap:  1 error encountered, aborting.
> 
> Incidentally, I have this line in there for Protocol, and the mouse works okay (except for the add'l two buttons):
> 
>         Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> 
> Any idea if there's a real difference between that and your line ("IMPS/2")?
> 
> --Harlan
> 
>