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[David M.]

On Friday 21 May 2004 12:14 pm, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> On Fri, 21 May 2004 09:46:27 -0400
>
> "David M." <dave at edificationweb.com> wrote:
> > Anyone know if a 5 button mouse will work under mandrake? The mouse
> > has 2 extra buttons on the side of it that when using Internet
> > Explorer act as the back and forward buttons.
> >
> > also my keyboard has some extra function keys: "internet" (opens
> > browser window) E-Mail, and "search" (opens the dialog to find files
> > on your computer) and volume up and down and mute button, Is it
> > possible to get these extra buttons to work under linux?

> I'm not sure about 5 buttons but I stumbled across some
> instructions at http://www.linuxbrit.net/tips/#mbuttons describing how
> to use all of an MS Intellimouse Explorer's buttons:
>
> "How to get X to use all the Intellimouse Explorer's buttons
>
> This is relatively easy to do. You must be using XFree 4.x for this to
> work though, as this mouse technically has 7 buttons, and 3.x only
> supports up to 5.
>
> The mouse section in your XF86Config should look like this:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol"        "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option      "Device"          "/dev/mouse"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "6 7"
>         Option      "Buttons"         "7"
> EndSection
>
> You have to map the mousewheel out of the way as shown, as otherwise the
> extra buttons aren't detected. Now we can swap stuff back though. Either
> add this line to your .xinitrc: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" or
> add this line to your ~/.Xmodmap: pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5.
>
> That's it. The side buttons will be 6 and 7 now, and mousewheel
> scrolling will work as ever. You can bind the buttons to do whatever you
> like in your favorite windowmanager and applications."
>
> There is also an app (can't remember the name at the moment) that enable
> multi-media keys on keyboards -- will look for it and let you
> know.......

Thank you Nigel,

This worked pretty good, but the side buttons are now doing the scrolling, and 
the scroll wheel works only if you place the pointer on the scroll bar. I'll 
mess around with it and get back to you on the results.

David M.