Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 08:14:22 -0600 From: Jason Hunt <jhunt@satx.rr.com> To: daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Xfree86 4.01/IntelliMouse Message-ID: <3A080E3E.242C068D@satx.rr.com> References: <FMEDIJKKKMABBAOLJMLKEEGCCMAA.daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com>
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thanks dan, I will give it a shot later tonight. Dan Cuthbert wrote: > > Easy > > This is relatively easy to do. You must be using XFree 4.x for this to work > though, as this mouse technically has 7 buttons, and 3.x only supports up to > 5. > > The mouse section in your XF86Config should look like this: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" > Option "Buttons" "7" > EndSection > You have to map the mousewheel out of the way as shown, as otherwise the > extra buttons aren't detected. Now we can swap stuff back though. Either add > this line to your .xinitrc: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" or add this > line to your ~/.Xmodmap: pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5. > > That's it. The side buttons will be 6 and 7 now, and mousewheel scrolling > will work as ever. You can bind the buttons to do whatever you like in your > favorite windowmanager and applications. > > Dan Cuthbert > European Hosting Research & Engineering > PSINet Datacentres > mobile : +44 77 1279 0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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