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

[Grant Miller <grant@unixguru.org>]

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.





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