HOWTO: Configuring Logitech mice in Ubuntu 6.06: New Guide

[detyabozhye]

I am currently testing a mx revolution, and wondered if there is a way to bind the push/pull thumb button to control/alt left/right arrow using the .xbindkeysrc file? This would allow the button to be used to switch work places.

I gues it'd be something like:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Ctrl_L]\[Alt_L]\[Left]""
  m:0x0 + b:6 #replace w/ button no.
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Ctrl_L][Alt_L]\[Right]""
  m:0x0 + b:7 #replace also

But I don't know for sure, I'm not an xvkbd expert.

[John.Michael.Kane]

I gues it'd be something like:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Ctrl_L]\[Alt_L]\[Left]""
  m:0x0 + b:6 #replace w/ button no.
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Ctrl_L][Alt_L]\[Right]""
  m:0x0 + b:7 #replace also

But I don't know for sure, I'm not an xvkbd expert.

No dice with the command posted, however. I did manage to get button 17 to work even though 13,and 15 are a no go.

Thanks again.

[Sciamano]

I've been using this guide for more than a year now, and the mouse (logitech MX700) has always worked fine.
Today, suddenly, the wheel stopped working: no scrolling at all.
Any idea what happened?
I tried reconfiguring everything with no success.

[AnotherMuggle]

Hi,
I have the back and forward buttons working in Firefox and the normal "explorer" type windows. However, my left and right tilt wheel also move back and forward in Firefox (opposite direction to what you'd expect). I want them to scroll left and right but it doesn't seem possible.

Can anyone help? It's an MX1000.

Thanks,
Tom Kear

[zuzuzzzip]

I'm also looking for th Ctrl Button

I found this using xev when pressing the ctrl button

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
    root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 2567725, (385,729), root:(392,777),
    state 0x10, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

so it should work in .xbindkeysrc like so:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Control_L]\[Alt_L]\[right]""
  m:0x0 + b:7
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Control_L]\[Alt_L]\[right]""
  m:0x0 + b:6

but it doesn't
if you want to test make sure you restart xbindkeys when you've changed .xbindkeysrc, like so:

zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ pidof xbindkeys 
7844
zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ kill 7844
zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ xbindkeys

[yogo]

Just a quick note, after a week of trying to get BTNX going and it doing absolutely nothing and I read almost the whole 35 pages plus, I decided to try Setpoint run with Wine, that did not work.

I then tried the first few steps on the first page of this thread up tp the point that you restart your pc.

Viola, my front and back buttons worked for navigating thru web pages, Great on the steps as I got no errors.

I still can not get rid of BTNX from terminal following their command

sudo make uninstall gets this error
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Anyways, tow things I would like number 1 is to get my application switcher to work if possible and secondly I would like to remove BTNX.

Thanks for any help and kudos for the first few steps as they worked like a charm on forward and back buttons.

[detyabozhye]

I've been using this guide for more than a year now, and the mouse (logitech MX700) has always worked fine.
Today, suddenly, the wheel stopped working: no scrolling at all.
Any idea what happened?
I tried reconfiguring everything with no success.

What does xev give you when you scroll?
Are you using Xmodmap and/or xbindkeys?
What is their config if you do?

[detyabozhye]

Hi,
I have the back and forward buttons working in Firefox and the normal "explorer" type windows. However, my left and right tilt wheel also move back and forward in Firefox (opposite direction to what you'd expect). I want them to scroll left and right but it doesn't seem possible.

Can anyone help? It's an MX1000.

Thanks,
Tom Kear

http://strabes.wordpress.com/2007/04...zontal-scroll/

[detyabozhye]

I'm also looking for th Ctrl Button

I found this using xev when pressing the ctrl button

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
    root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 2567725, (385,729), root:(392,777),
    state 0x10, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

so it should work in .xbindkeysrc like so:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Control_L]\[Alt_L]\[right]""
  m:0x0 + b:7
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Control_L]\[Alt_L]\[right]""
  m:0x0 + b:6

but it doesn't
if you want to test make sure you restart xbindkeys when you've changed .xbindkeysrc, like so:

zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ pidof xbindkeys 
7844
zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ kill 7844
zuzuzzzip@ZuzuPC-ubuntu:~$ xbindkeys

Make sure "Left" and "Right" are capitalized. Might work then, might not.

[detyabozhye]

Just a quick note, after a week of trying to get BTNX going and it doing absolutely nothing and I read almost the whole 35 pages plus, I decided to try Setpoint run with Wine, that did not work.

I then tried the first few steps on the first page of this thread up tp the point that you restart your pc.

Viola, my front and back buttons worked for navigating thru web pages, Great on the steps as I got no errors.

I still can not get rid of BTNX from terminal following their command

sudo make uninstall gets this error
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Anyways, tow things I would like number 1 is to get my application switcher to work if possible and secondly I would like to remove BTNX.

Thanks for any help and kudos for the first few steps as they worked like a charm on forward and back buttons.

For the application switcher, you will either need a custom program or use a DE such as Xfce that has something of the sort built in.

What is BTNX, btw?