Re: Logitech MX310 mouse: Dead extra button?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Hugo Vanwoerkom (hvw59601@care2.com) [031120 10:19]:
>
> > * Tom wrote:
> >
> > > The ability to launch special applications when I press buttons doesn't 
> > > "press my buttons" :-) Do they work as back/forward in Moz?  That would 
> > > be useful.  (I wonder if anyone has gotten Microsoft's new side-to-side 
> > > scrolling wheel working either...)
> >
> > I bought an A4Tech WOP-35PU optical wheel mouse for $11. It has 2 wheels 
> > and 5 buttons: two "normal" ones, two on the side and one wheel is a button.
> > I use it as a regular 1 wheel mouse but the 2nd wheel is intended for 
> > side to side.
> > I tried:
> > 	Option      	"Buttons"       "9"
> >
> > 	Option      	"ZAxisMapping"  "6 7 8 9"
> >
> > but that did not have the desired effect and I could not use the wheels 
> > at all.
> > I'd also be interested in getting the 2nd wheel to effect the side to 
> > side bars of mozilla.
>
>
> Does xev show anything for those wheel events?

Vineet:

I booted with it yesterday and xev then shows both wheels as "6 7", and 
the 5 buttons (left side, left button, middle button, right button, 
right side) as 2, 1, 2, 3, 3.

Hugo.



> FWIW, Mozilla reponds to buttons 4 and 5 as vertical scrolling and 6 and
> 7 for horizontal scrolling.
>
> good times,
> Vineet