Re: trackball not working after sid upgrade

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2013, 18:46:16 schrieb Zenaan Harkness:
> OK, previously, I added to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
> the following lines which make the Logitech Trackman Marble work
> beautifully (left small button gives scrolling function not
> backward/forward for browser tab history, and right small button gives
> middle button; perfect :) :
> 
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier  "Marble Mouse"
>         MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball"
>         MatchIsPointer "on"
>         MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
>         Driver "evdev"
>         Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 2"
>         Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
>         Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8"
>         Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
>         Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Now my recent sid upgrade (had not upgraded for about 2 months I
> think) has evidently overwritten this.
> 
> So, do I just create my own .../xorg.conf.d file, to protect against
> upgrades?
> 
> TIA
> Zenaan


Hi Zenaan,

got the similar problem here.Solution:  Just put your 10-evdev.conf into 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and it will be no more overwritten. I am using this for 
my 50-synaptics.conf, which I edited for my needs. 
Works here like a charm.

Good luck!

Hans