HOWTO: Configuring Logitech mice in Ubuntu 6.06: New Guide

[AnotherMuggle]

My backward and forward buttons work for the most part but occasionally they do not, a reboot seems to fix this.

Does anyone know why?

[5h4rk]

My mouse (mx500) is now tooo fast.

I tried to change motion from system > preferences > mouse > motion, but nothing happened, it seems that whatever i change there it doesnt affect the mouse...

someone know whys that?

thanks

[measekite]

I have a G7 and I also could not start X after the restart.

Output from /proc/bus/input/devices that relate to my mouse:

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c51a Version=4100
N: Name="Logitech USB Receiver"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.7-4.1.2/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input3
H: Handlers=mouse0 event3 ts0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=ffff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=143

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c51a Version=4100
N: Name="Logitech USB Receiver"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.7-4.1.2/input1
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input4
H: Handlers=kbd event4
B: EV=f
B: KEY=c0002 400 0 0 1 f80 78000 6039fa d84157ad 8e0000 0 0 0
B: REL=40
B: ABS=1 0

I'm not sure why there are two listed here, could that be the problem?

My 19-local.rules:

KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SYSFS{../name}=="Logitech USB Receiver", NAME="input/event9"

My xorg.conf is identical to the example.

My X.org log file from the failed restart (only the parts that seem significant, added highlighting on what i think might be the error):

(II) Initializing extension GLX
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) stylus: always reports core events
(**) stylus device is /dev/wacom
(**) stylus is in absolute mode
(**) stylus: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) stylus: serial speed 9600
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) cursor: always reports core events
(**) cursor device is /dev/wacom
(**) cursor is in relative mode
(**) cursor: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) cursor: serial speed 9600
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) eraser: always reports core events
(**) eraser device is /dev/wacom
(**) eraser is in absolute mode
(**) eraser: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) eraser: serial speed 9600
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "eraser" (type: Wacom Eraser)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "cursor" (type: Wacom Cursor)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "stylus" (type: Wacom Stylus)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
        No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/wacom : No such file or directory
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button

Looks like the same warnings hubacap is getting... not sure what that wacom stuff is, since I don't have a tablet or anything like that. The Logitech G7 mouse and a Microsoft Keyboard are the only input devices I have.

I have the same setup and get the same thing, the repetition and all. To boot up properly make sure that you say evdev for BOTH the driver and the Protocol.

Then you should boot up as I. However, I still cannot get my side button (most important) and the tilt left and right on the scroll wheel to work.

If you solved all of these issues please post.

[BLTicklemonster]

I installed Gusty beta fresh on a drive and only did xmodmap, and my mouse won't do my forward back thingy.

[nibsa1242]

Can't wait to see the Gusty revision of this, I need to update mine... I didn't change anything from 6.10 to 7.04 and its been complaining about not referencing something directly as they might change with a future kernel revision. More details next time I reboot, but I think it was udev related and that hopefully isn't required anymore anyway.

[Poka64]

This guide doesn't work for me anymore in Gutsy, it worked in both Feisty and Edgy.

The thing is, I followed the guide and got it working, I even rebooted a couple of times and it still worked. But suddenly the mouse stoped working, I had to revert back to the "mouse0" to get the damn thing working again.

The resolution thing still works, but if I try to change the settings to "evdev" "corepointer", it stops working

My xorg.conf (relevant part of it)
I even disabled the wiimote but it did not solve the issue with the mouse

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0"	
#InputDevice    "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice     "Wiimote" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
#Driver		"evdev"
#Option		"CorePointer"
#Option		"Name"	"Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" #this should be the name of the device which I made bold here.
#EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
#Driver		"evdev"
#Option		"CorePointer"
#Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/event9"
#EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
#Driver		"evdev"
#Option		"CorePointer"
#Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/mx510"
#EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier      "Wiimote"
Driver          "evdev"
Option          "Name"          "Nintendo Wiimote"
EndSection

[Argling]

Hello all.. another part-time convert joins the forums.

Been planning to sign up to these forums for a couple days, but this guide was so helpful i simply had to say: MAJOR THANKS to all those involved in the creation and evolution of this guide. Been struggling to put my mouse buttons to good use for a couple days now. Until I found this guide.

One minor thing that kept me busy for a while: Trying to save a few "sudo"s, I opened a Root Terminal and followed the guide there. This naturally caused the "gedit ~/.xbindkeysrc" command to create the config file in the Root directory, rather than in the Home of my ordinary user. Obviously, this prevented the mouse buttons from functioning as I intended... until I learned my lesson:

"When a guide tells you to issue a command without "sudo" in front of it, it's not always because the command itself doesn't *require* Root access"

[mrbamboo]

I'm having trouble getting my MX518 to work on Gutsy Gibbon.
I can't get the backward and forward button to be recognized.
Whenever I try to set the driver to "evdev" and i reboot, i get put into low graphics mode because it doesn't recognize the mouse or something. When I have the protocol set to ImPS/2 the back+forward button instead of 6 7 is interpreted as 2 and 3 according to xev. when i use ExplorerPS/2 those two buttons aren't recognized at all, xev returns some thing that ends with a lot of 0 0 0s and no button number.

Any idea how to fix this?

[Sol1]

I'm in the same boat. My mouse worked fine in Feisty, but won't work at all now that I've upgraded to Gutsy.

cat /proc/bus/input/devices will show the USB hub but not the mouse itself. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot...

[bubble_bobble]

I have two mice. A logitech mx310 and a logitech lx3.

The mx310's (5) buttons all work (except for cruise control). The 2 side buttons work correctly.

I am having an issue with my lx3 (3 button mouse with tilt wheel). The middle button is recognized (it doesn't cruise control but that's not important to me), but the tilt wheel's back/forward button functions don't work.

Is there a way to define the tilt wheel's back/forward buttons by modifying some magic text file?

I have followed the guide, but have encountered a couple problems.

1) If I set my Driver to "evdev", X won't start.
2) When I sudo lomoco -8, I get the following error:

004.002: 046d:c044 Unsupported Logitech device: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse

I would attach /proc/bus/input/devices and xorg.conf instead of straight up posting it to save space, but the system won't let me for some reason. I will just post it if someone thinks it's important.