Microsfot Intellimouse - Side Buttons?

pPcG5 · 08-31-2003, 06:14 AM

Hi !

Thanks for these configuration informations all
Aussie, where do you find the meaning of the different protocol
I have spent lots of time searching for manuals on my system SuSE 8.2, but they are very unconsistent on the subject...

How do you know explorerPS/2 will handle buttons like that???

Even my linux book of 1000 pages don't mention it except the ZAxisMapping option and only one protocol http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/

Best Regards

pPcG5 · 08-31-2003, 06:35 AM

Lol my smilie don't work last post
So here it is

Koiman · 09-07-2003, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dorward
Righty, I have a Intellimouse Explorer hocked up to the USB port and I use the side buttons. This works perfectly.

From XF86Config-4

Code:

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Buttons" "7" EndSection

From ~/.xsession (the script that runs when I log in to X or run startx):

Code:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" imwheel -k -b "67"

Note the "-e" part, it won't work without it.

From ~/.imwheelrc (the config file for imwheel which deals with the side buttons):

Code:

".*" None, Up, Alt_L|Left None, Down, Alt_L|Right

As a total noob I somehow managed to find, and edi,t the xf86 config but where do I find ~/.imwheelrc to edit it ?

This is all new to me. I do, however know Windows to the max...wish I didnt......

4 years wasted when I could have been a Linux guru instead.....

Ferenan · 09-12-2003, 04:30 PM

Hi..

I'm having some trouble setting the side buttons of the intelli mouse...

I want them to do "Enter(small top button)" and "Close(large inferior button)"

I created the .imwheelrc in my home/user/ directory and it has this:

".*"
None, Up, Alt_L|Left
None, Down, Alt_L|Right

But then I run imwheel 1.0.0pre5 like this...

imwheel -k -b "67"

and the side buttons dont work correctly, the small top one does "page down" and the large inferior one does "page up"

like this its supposed to do "Forward" and "Backward" .. I dont know whats wrong, if you could help me to make them do "enter" and "close" or at least "Forward" and "backward" i would be very grateful, this is my info...

I have in the .Xdefaults

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

and in /etc/X11/XF86Config

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "7"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Thats it, so what do I have wrong? ...

*sighs* seems like I have another problem, when kde starts the wheel scroling works weird, does like page up and page down instead of smooth scroling... I fixed this runing

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

and runing

imwheel -k -b "67"

again....

So I'm wondering if the xmodmap that its in .Xdefaults actually works?
Some made a script in kde/autostart/ doing the xmond and the imwheel...

How do I do this?

hugoX79 · 09-16-2003, 02:32 AM

Same problem as the guy above - Using Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (USB) / Using SLackware 9.0 / KDE

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Side buttons does not work correctly, the small top one does "page down" and the large one does "page up" / its supposed to do "Forward" and "Backward"
---

( XF86Config-4 )

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZaxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Buttons" "7"

( ~/.imwheelrc ) ---- imwheel 1.0.0 pre5

".*"
None, Up, Alt_L|Left
None, Down, Alt_L|Right

( KDE Autostart file )

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/X11/xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
imwheel -k -b "67"

Thanks

FearPasion710 · 09-16-2003, 03:56 PM

i dont know what's wrong. but check this out

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

The Protocol "ExplorerPS/2" is not in the list of acceptable Protocols????

and also in Kate... the Mouse Wheel Works Just Fine??? HOW COME!! but in Konqueror it dosent!

Aussie · 09-16-2003, 04:10 PM

What version of imwheel are you using?

FearPasion710 · 09-16-2003, 05:04 PM

but the side buttons do scroll up and schroll down instead of back and fort?

im using imwheel 1.0.0pre5 thanks

Aussie · 09-16-2003, 05:12 PM

OK, uninstall pre5 and try it with pre1.

FearPasion710 · 09-16-2003, 05:37 PM

i dont know how to uninstall files installed from source or tgz packages?

please help

Aussie · 09-16-2003, 05:43 PM

Change to the directory where you did "make install" and do "make uninstall" (as root).

FearPasion710 · 09-16-2003, 10:39 PM

Thanks

FearPasion710 · 09-16-2003, 10:44 PM

your a genious!!!

one question though shoulnd the pre5 be better the pre1?

just asking thanks for everthing!!!!!

Aussie · 09-17-2003, 12:14 AM

One would think so, but pre5 seems to be broken in some way that stops this trick from working.

fridgehead · 09-19-2003, 04:42 AM

i've sorted it!!

using pre5 i followed the original instructions to the letter. Had the same problem as everyone else, the scroll wheel worked but the other two buttons did pgup and pgdn.

well, instead of using "imwheel -k -b "67""

i used

imwheel -k -b 6745

and

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"

christ knows why it works, but it does!!