Intellimouse Explorer

[imdeemvp]

tripplehead,

read post # 10 and as root type: gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf see if it works for you because you did not mention it you tried editing and changing setting according to post 10

[triplehead]

Originally Posted by imdeemvp

tripplehead,

read post # 10 and as root type: gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf see if it works for you because you did not mention it you tried editing and changing setting according to post 10

i was just telling (to thread starter) that i have wheel working and submitted my default settings. With any other setting i get thumb buttons to work, but then wheel does not work. i have tried different settings in xorg.conf but never got all buttons to work at same time. anyway i need wheel more than those extra thumb buttons so i will stick to my current settings

[Brunkku]

I had the exact same problem as djnifos had. The events arrived from wheel and each button, but the mappings were the upside down.

Just found out that my $HOME/.xinitrc was actually never executed, thus xmodmap setting never made it through and imwheel client was never started.

So, djnifos (if you are still following the thread...) is suggest you'd better start with
% ps -A | grep imwheel

If the process isn't there then you'd better move the 'xmodmap -e...' stuff and 'imwheel -k -b "67"' to a file that WILL be executed. My setup (FC2 and gnome) looks for files $HOME/.Xclients and $HOME/.Xclients-default, not .xinitrc!!!

I attach here both of them. There is stuff about Red Hat, I bet it is because originally I used RH, then upgraded to FC1 and now FC2. Probably there are some of my old sins (read: configurations) still giving me hard time... A fresh FC2 installation might have been easier to configure.

.Xclients:
=======

#!/bin/bash
# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher

if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then
exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY
else
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
imwheel -k -b "67"
exec $HOME/.Xclients-default
fi

and .Xclients-default:
================

# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher
exec gnome-session

Now that the mappings have really been reconfigured and the client is running then you can start tweaking $HOME/.imwheelrc. But that's easy...

Good luck!
--
Brunkku

[KeDruff]

Well, once I figured this out, it shouldn't be so hard. For the 5 button Intellimouse Optical (through USB) I have the following in xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "USB Mouse"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Then, I have the following in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh
# Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

Everything works.

KD

[nyinge]

I confirm that the above post (post #19) by KeDruff works perfectly through PS/2 as well with Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical. Thanks KeDruff !