Use extra Mouse buttons

[himbert]

Hello everybody, I need your help.

I want to set the thumbkeys of my Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse.
I want Crtl on button 8 and Shift on button 9 (got the numbers with event tester)

I've already tried to edit the xorg.conf file but it didn't work, or maybe I did something wrong.

I'm really new to Ubuntu (10.04) and I don't know much about it, so be a little patient with me, and explain me things good understandable please.

Here is the xinput list if that helps:

⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ stylus                                  	id=6	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ eraser                                  	id=7	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® SiderWinderTM X6 Keyboard	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger          	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger pad      	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® SideWinder(TM) 2.4GHz Transceiver	id=15	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® SideWinder(TM) 2.4GHz Transceiver	id=16	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation        	id=17	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® SiderWinderTM X6 Keyboard	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® SideWinder(TM) 2.4GHz Transceiver	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]

I Installed xbindkeys and xautomation and made a file named .xbindkeysrc

"xte 'control'"
b:8  # Maustaste 8

"xte 'shift'"
b:9  # Maustaste 9

like it's written in the Wiki. But it doesn't work.

I can post the Xorg.conf too if that is requiered, but I deleted the changes, because they didn't work.


I'd be very thankfull if someone could help me.

[himbert]

Is the anyone who can help me?

[himbert]

bump

[himbert]

Please help

[dmitryilyin]

Try keydown +
Shift_L
Shift_R
Control_L
Control_R

instead of control and shift

"xte 'keydown Shift_L'"
b:8

but it will press button, to release you can try:

"xte 'keyup Shift_L'"
release + b:8

http://linux.die.net/man/1/xbindkeys
http://linux.die.net/man/1/xte