btnx: Send keyboard and mouse combination events with mouse buttons

[milliman]

btnx is the only program that even comes close to getting my Logitech MediaPlay mouse working. It worked great under Fiesty and Gutsy, but not under Hardy. I had all of the buttons working wonderfully so it acted not only as a mouse but as a remote control with MythTV. After I rebuilt my machine from scratch with Hardy Alpha 4, I figured that it would only be a quick rebuild and configuration to get btnx working again. WRONG!

I downloaded the latest tarballs of btnx and btnx-config from the repository, compiled, and installed them per instructions. Next I started configuration via sudo btnx-config. The program detected my mouse and only a single handler, but it could not detect my mouse clicks or wheel scrolls. Since it did not detect any mouse clicks, I could not configure any of the buttons.

My xorg.conf file is identical to the sample code in the "Troubleshooting Guide." The basic mouse functions work and it is a recognized USB device. xev detects most of my clicks except the rewind and fast forward buttons. I ran lsmod and see that uinput is loaded. As far as I can recall, I have not installed any other potential conflicting programs.

Unabatedshaggie and I seem to be experiencing the same problems. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I know that some people have it working with Hardy. The fact that I got this mouse working with btnx is why I kept using Ubuntu. Hopefully it will get running especially if it is a candidate program for Hardy.

[daou]

btnx is the only program that even comes close to getting my Logitech MediaPlay mouse working. It worked great under Fiesty and Gutsy, but not under Hardy. I had all of the buttons working wonderfully so it acted not only as a mouse but as a remote control with MythTV. After I rebuilt my machine from scratch with Hardy Alpha 4, I figured that it would only be a quick rebuild and configuration to get btnx working again. WRONG!

I downloaded the latest tarballs of btnx and btnx-config from the repository, compiled, and installed them per instructions. Next I started configuration via sudo btnx-config. The program detected my mouse and only a single handler, but it could not detect my mouse clicks or wheel scrolls. Since it did not detect any mouse clicks, I could not configure any of the buttons.

My xorg.conf file is identical to the sample code in the "Troubleshooting Guide." The basic mouse functions work and it is a recognized USB device. xev detects most of my clicks except the rewind and fast forward buttons. I ran lsmod and see that uinput is loaded. As far as I can recall, I have not installed any other potential conflicting programs.

Unabatedshaggie and I seem to be experiencing the same problems. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I know that some people have it working with Hardy. The fact that I got this mouse working with btnx is why I kept using Ubuntu. Hopefully it will get running especially if it is a candidate program for Hardy.

Did you verify that X is using the options you defined in xorg.conf, and not defaulting to other settings? You can do this by looking at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.

[milliman]

Daou:

Thanks for your response. I think most of the xorg.conf file took but this latest version has a mind of its own. The video settings are what I specified, but the mouse settings vary a bit. I placed the appropriate sections of each file below.

xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Logitech Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "Buttons" "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

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

Xorg.0.log

(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "auto"
(**) Logitech Mouse: Device: "/dev/psaux"
(**) Logitech Mouse: Protocol: "auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Logitech Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
(**) Option "Buttons" "3"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Logitech Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) Logitech Mouse: Sensitivity: 1
(II) evaluating device (Logitech Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(--) Logitech Mouse: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Logitech Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
SetClientVersion: 0 9

.xsession-errors

** (gnome-settings-daemon:26317): DEBUG: Starting keyboard manager
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
last scanned symbol is: XF86KbdLightOnOff
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
last scanned symbol is: XF86KbdBrightnessDown
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
last scanned symbol is: XF86KbdBrightnessUp
Error: Meta_R added to symbol map for multiple modifiers
Using Mod4, ignoring Mod1.
Error: Meta_L added to symbol map for multiple modifiers
Using Mod4, ignoring Mod1.
Error: Key <META> added to map for multiple modifiers
Using Mod4, ignoring Mod1.
Warning: Type "PC_RALT_LEVEL2" has 2 levels, but <LALT> has 3 symbols
Ignoring extra symbols
Warning: No symbols defined for <SYRQ> (keycode 92)
Warning: No symbols defined for <II65> (keycode 101)
Warning: No symbols defined for <BRK> (keycode 114)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK13> (keycode 118)
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Let me know if you see something strange in these log files. I really miss btnx!

THANKS MUCH

[milliman]

I just noticed something strange in the xorg.conf file that contradict each other.

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "Buttons" "3"

Could this have any affect on btnx?

[blazoner]

They are totally separate, and don't interfere with each other.

Option "Emulate3Buttons"

With "yes" selected, this allows you to make the mouse have a "middle click" by clicking both the L+R buttons at the same time. A "no" just turns that functionality off.

 Option "Buttons" "3"

Is actually telling your computer that the mouse you are using has only three buttons. In my xorg.conf, I have removed it without any negative consequences. If memory serves me, it was giving me problems as well.
Here is the current relevent section of my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"    "auto"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection

It may, or may not work for you. Please let us know.

[daou]

They are totally separate, and don't interfere with each other.

Option "Emulate3Buttons"

With "yes" selected, this allows you to make the mouse have a "middle click" by clicking both the L+R buttons at the same time. A "no" just turns that functionality off.

 Option "Buttons" "3"

Is actually telling your computer that the mouse you are using has only three buttons. In my xorg.conf, I have removed it without any negative consequences. If memory serves me, it was giving me problems as well.
Here is the current relevent section of my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"    "auto"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection

It may, or may not work for you. Please let us know.

Perhaps I should remove the options from the manual because they don't interfere with btnx, and might be useful for some users.

[daou]

Daou:

Thanks for your response. I think most of the xorg.conf file took but this latest version has a mind of its own. The video settings are what I specified, but the mouse settings vary a bit. I placed the appropriate sections of each file below.

xorg.conf


Xorg.0.log


.xsession-errors


Let me know if you see something strange in these log files. I really miss btnx!

THANKS MUCH

The xorg.log looks fine to me. I will need to do some debugging on Hardy to get to the bottom of it. Hopefully I'll have more time in about 2-3 weeks.

[milliman]

I removed the line with "Options 'Buttons' '3'" with no affect on btnx. As far as I can tell X overrides the setting with Buttons=9 anyway. As far as I can guess the Logitech MediaPlay does have 9 buttons and two keys that it emulates.

I believe that the device is actually being recognized by btnx and 1 handler is identified. It is just that something is intercepting the button presses before btnx.

Hope that you can find the time to investigate this issue. I can deal with my webcam not working, but I really enjoy having that mouse work completely.

Thanks again for such a wonderful program.

[dondad]

I removed the line with "Options 'Buttons' '3'" with no affect on btnx. As far as I can tell X overrides the setting with Buttons=9 anyway. As far as I can guess the Logitech MediaPlay does have 9 buttons and two keys that it emulates.

I believe that the device is actually being recognized by btnx and 1 handler is identified. It is just that something is intercepting the button presses before btnx.

Hope that you can find the time to investigate this issue. I can deal with my webcam not working, but I really enjoy having that mouse work completely.

Thanks again for such a wonderful program.

I agree that it is a wonderful program. I am seeing the same thing in Hardy. It is as if the buttons are being intercepted and processed before they get to btnx. Since the Hardy install is on the same box as the Gutsy one, I tried copying the config file from the gutsy to the hardy install. It sorta worked, but finally went totally waco and started outputting a solid stream of characters and I had to turn the computer off to get it to stop.

[Gourgi]

I agree that it is a wonderful program. I am seeing the same thing in Hardy. It is as if the buttons are being intercepted and processed before they get to btnx. Since the Hardy install is on the same box as the Gutsy one, I tried copying the config file from the gutsy to the hardy install. It sorta worked, but finally went totally waco and started outputting a solid stream of characters and I had to turn the computer off to get it to stop.

try playing with repeat delay in buttons config , that did the trick for me in hardy