HOWTO: Setup Logitech mx400 USB mouse the easy way in Feisty

[mulperi]

There seems to be a lot of guides on how to setup a multi-button mouse.
For the excellent Logitech mx400 USB mouse I found out that all that is really needed is to:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

And the edit the correct section like this:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/input/mice" 
	Option		"Protocol" "auto"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons" "false"
	Option		"Buttons" "9" 
	Option		"ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

Now you should have working forward/back buttons.

EDIT: Emulate3Buttons should be false

[bodhi.zazen]

Nice how to mulperi

1. You should use gksudo for graphical programs :

so ...

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo


2. You do not want to emulate a 3 button mouse. This feature is for two button mice and enables clicking the two buttons at the same time = push scroll wheel down.

so ...

	Option		"Emulate3Buttons" "false"

It will not hurt anything (as you can see) by emulating a 3 button mouse.

[mulperi]

Thanks for the comments, needed this tip again when I did a clean upgrade to Gutsy

[louisgag]

Thanks, this works well for ubuntu 11.10