Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:43:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: Current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: evdev Protocol in RELENG_7 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710190825270.71541@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <11167f520710182258y1b358e2cg7a9d6ed89e3f1a46@mail.gmail.com> References: <11167f520710182258y1b358e2cg7a9d6ed89e3f1a46@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> Here is My Question, is it possible to use evdev (the xorg mouse
> protocol that may be linux specific)in RELENG_7 with xorg 7.3?
>
> I have a Logitech mx1000 mouse and I can not seem to get xorg to use
> the buttons correctly. I have searched google high and low.
>
> the dmesg says it is a 16 button mouse however I only count 12.
> whatever the case, the top buttons by the wheel have the same id as
> the wheel scroll in xev
>
> if there is an alternate way to use a 12 button mouse in FreeBSD
> please point me to the appropriate documentation.
Here is my setup for using the MX1000. It is probably not entirely
correct, but I have been too busy to spend time restructuring it. If
you get some better ideas, please let me know.
First, I disable moused since it will not pass that many buttons (max
seven buttons?) to Xorg. /etc/rc.conf:
moused_enable="NO"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
Next, I tell Xorg how to use this mouse:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/ums0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "9 10"
EndSection
I run this in my .xinitrc/.xsession file:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 11 3 9 10 6 7 8 4 5 2 12 13 14"
Swapping buttons 11 and 2 moves the paste button from pressing the wheel
to the up arrow. It stops all those paste-and-scroll up mistakes.
Amusingly, I get this warning:
Warning: Only changing the first 14 of 32 buttons.
Yes! I have 32 buttons. :) I think it sees the press down and release
actions as two separate buttons. No. xev does not show these actions
as separate buttons.
Lastly, I run a little program I wrote to disable CruiseControl else the
up button will keep pasting or something else wicked that I no longer
recall.
Some buttons do not work for me, but I have not seen any need for them.
Hopefully, this will help you get started to finding a better way. My
payment then is for you to tell us (especially me! :)) of that way.
Sean
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