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Date:      Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:01:18 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using a logitech mx700 with scrollwheel _and_ thumb buttons
Message-ID:  <42CC388E.3000906@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050705205731.7147.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050705205731.7147.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com>

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Joe Schmoe wrote:

>Andre,
>
>--- André-Philippe Paquet <appaquet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>My MX500 is working just fine. Here what I do:
>>
>>   - Install imwheel (/usr/ports/x11/imwheel) 
>>
>>
>>   - Add this to ~/.imwheelrc 
>>
>>".*"
>>None, Up, Alt_L|Left,1
>>None, Down, Alt_L|Right,1
>>
>>"(null)"
>>None, Up, Alt_L|Left,1
>>None, Down, Alt_L|Right,1
>> 
>>
>>   - In my x.org <http://x.org>; file.. For the
>>InputDevice section: 
>>
>>Option "Buttons" "7"
>>Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
>> 
>>   - Finaly, I run these two commands on Xwindows
>>start: 
>>
>>imwheel -b "67" &
>>xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
>>    
>>
>
>
>Nope.  I reproduced these same settings _exactly_, and
>they produce the same results.
>
>With your settings above, the scroll wheel works fine,
>and the two thumb buttons each cause the web page to
>scroll very slightly downward.  This is the same thing
>they did with all the other different configurations I
>tried.
>
>Why is using mouse thumb buttons under FreeBSD _rocket
>science_ ?  Why is this a _hard problem_ ?
>  
>
because no-one who has the interest in fixing it has the time
to do so and visa versa.

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