Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2

[Michael Hope <michaelh@juju.net.nz>]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Grant Miller wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM -0600, Michael Hope wrote:
> > > I'm trying to get a 2nd and 3rd mouse button working in XFree 4.0.2.  I'm
> > > running kernel 2.4.2-pre3 from bitkeeper's sources.  I have the following
> > > relevant options in my kerenl conifg: 
> > > 
> > > CONFIG_USB=y
> > > CONFIG_USB_HID=y
> > > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y
> > > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
> > > CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
> > > CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID=y
> > > 
> > > 
> > > /etc/sysctl.conf:
> > > 
> > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 101
> > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 109
> > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1
> > 
> > I did a grep for 101 and 109 across linux/include/input.h - 101
> > is the lineffed key (?) and 109 is the pagedown key.  Personally I use
> > 
> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
> > echo 87 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
> > echo 88 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
> > 
> 
> 
> I tried those numbers and 67 (F9) and 68 (F10) and that didn't work.  I
> press on those keys and I don't get a response from X.  I ran xev (X event
> viewer) and there were no events reported when I pressed on F9 or F10.

Hmm.  Something else is going on then.  67 and 68 work fine for me.  Do
the echo lines above do anything?

-- Michael