Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:43:28 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something Message-ID: <20050114154328.GB56992@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <04d501c4f9e0$f3e0e810$32b445cf@EOCPC16> References: <20050114015139.GA54044@keyslapper.org> <04d501c4f9e0$f3e0e810$32b445cf@EOCPC16>
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On 01/13/05 09:29 PM, Mark Beaver sat at the `puter and typed: > I think it's not so much a setting in X. I think it's more that X simply > doesn't have the software to support those extra buttons (wether it's the > server or the wm of choice) that's got the lack I'm not sure. > > What I do know is that I can set this up fine using 4,5 as my ZAxisMapping, > and leave xmodmap alone. The buttons get recognized, but as I stated, I > don't think any of the current window managers have a "function" to allow > for you to set something up for those input buttons. Good example: > > Set your Zaxis mapping to 6 7 then leave xmodmap at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and the > extra two buttons *should* control your scroll, and the mouse wheel should > do nothing. I have the ZAxis at 6 7, and xmodmap at 1 2 3 6 7 4 5, and I'm finally getting some useable behavior. The extra side buttons (one on the left, one or the right) are behaving as forward/back controls in the browser, which was a pleasant surprise. The wheel works as a scroller should too. The only problem is that the side buttons and the scroller tend to pop up the Fvwm builtin menu from the root window. That's probably a problem for the Fvwm list, since the buttons are being recognized by X now. Thanks for the suggestions. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Chemistry professors never die, they just fail to react.
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