HOWTO: Configuring Logitech mice in Ubuntu 6.06: New Guide

[detyabozhye]

Good guide, but I have a question. Is there a way to make my left scroll on my tilt wheel function as a middle mouse button? I tried switching them out in xmodmap, but the problem is instead of acting like a press and release it sends a bunch of middle clicks when I hold it down to scroll. Anyone know a way?

Use the "click" program to emulate middle click. Can't explain at the moment cuz I gotta run.

[forfree]

Ok thanks, I've searched the repositories and google. What's the name of the "click" program?

[detyabozhye]

Ok thanks, I've searched the repositories and google. What's the name of the "click" program?

It's what I described in this part of the guide:

2. Fixing the cruise control buttons (MX500, MX510, MX700, MX1000):

Note: In Edgy and Feisty I haven't noticed this problem anymore (I've had cruise control off for a while though), but I will leave this section here because it hasn't been confirmed that the problem is gone.

Install these packages for "click" to compile:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxtst-dev

Download and untar "click" source code into ~/.click (or wherever you want, just remember the dir, you'll need it in the .xbindkeysrc):

cd ~/
wget http://bg.rifetech.com/click.tgz
tar xvfz click.tgz
mv click .click

then compile it:

cd ~/.click
make

Then add this to you .xbindkeysrc (gedit ~/.xbindkeysrc):

"~/.click/click 4"
  m:0x0 + b:9
"~/.click/click 5"
  m:0x0 + b:10

Note: Mice with more buttons and/or tilt wheels will most likely have different button numbers, please check in xev.

Just make it emulate button 3 instead of 4 or 5.

[forfree]

Hmm, that's giving me the same problem as remapping it. When I hold the "scroll left" button down that's emulating the middle click, instead of just acting as a single click it sends multiple middle clicks. Is there a way to make it behave in a hold down and release type way in ubuntu?

[gouzos]

my xorg.conf reads:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "evdev"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Name" "Logitech USB RECEIVER"
Option "Buttons" "12"
EndSection


Xmodpam reads

pointer = "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14"

xev gives:
Left 1
Middle 2
Right 3

Wheel up 4
Wheel down 5
Wheel left 13
Wheel right 14

Up button 11
Down button 12

Forward 9
Back 8
Thumb 10

[detyabozhye]

Hmm, that's giving me the same problem as remapping it. When I hold the "scroll left" button down that's emulating the middle click, instead of just acting as a single click it sends multiple middle clicks. Is there a way to make it behave in a hold down and release type way in ubuntu?

The mouse itself keeps sending multiple click and release events as far as I know, so probably not.

[detyabozhye]

@gouzos:

Try making .Xmodmap read:

pointer = "1 2 3 4 5 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 6 7"

Then xev should give you:

Left 1
Middle 2
Right 3

Wheel up 4
Wheel down 5
Wheel left 6
Wheel right 7

Up button 11
Down button 12

Forward 9
Back 8
Thumb 10

[t_tovenaar]

Good howto, thanks!

[jan.]

Ah, well 50 pages of posts and exams approaching rapidly...

When I resume (either from Disk or RAM) the lomoco-Settings for my MX510 are lost and I have to run them again. Any fixes for that? I was thinking about putting a script into the appropriate folder in order to have it restore my mouse settings. Does anyone know the folder I have to put those scripts? By the way, I am using the userspace software suspend since the default suspend scripts did not work...

[gouzos]

Ok

xev gives what you said

The buttons' functionality however haven't changed.

Only Left, Middle, Right, Thumb, WhUP and WhDown work

Now what do I do?