Mouse: Logitech MX

[antidrugue]

I just want to share with you people how I got my Logitech MX mouse to work.

I did try a lot of very complicated HOW-TO (involving udev, evdev, xbindkeys, etc.), but as always, the simplest solution works best.

This HOW-TO is specific for the MX500, on Debian GNU/Linux, but it should work with most MX mice and distros.

Just replace your mouse section in /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 or /etc/X11/xorg.conf with this one:

For XFree86 4.3 and Xorg 6.8.2 (ex: Debian Sarge, Suse 10.0, Fedora Core 4, etc.)

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Resolution" "800" #optional
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

For Xorg 6.9 and Xorg 7.0 (Debian Etch, Fedora Core 5, etc.)

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Resolution" "800" #optional
Option "Buttons" "10"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

That's it, all the buttons will work perfectly in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox (even those back/forward buttons on the side).

For back/forward to work properly in Konqueror, you have to set up "imwheel", but that is left as an exercice.

Thanks to:
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~djm/ubunt...-5button-mouse
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...985#post901985

[Sahrjd]

I tried this an it worked for a few weeks. I have Logitech USB MX518 mouse.

Not sure what changed since then but I am back to where just the scroll wheel and two buttons work.

I checked the xorg.conf and the changes I made are still there. Any one else having this problem?

[RoyalPro]

Does this work with HAL? All my input devices in xorg.conf are commented out, but still work, but not all the buttons. I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and a usb MX518. I know this is an old thread but still applies to me.

[Sahrjd]

1) What is HAL

2) It worked fine for me, I just needed to reboot.

You can always try it out and if it does not work change it back.

[RoyalPro]

1) What is HAL

Hardware abstraction layer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Without changing anything in the xorg.conf and running xev, I can see all the buttons but the "+" and "-". Left button is 1, scroll button is 2, right button is 3, scroll up is 4, scroll down is 5, thumb back is 8, thumb forward is 9 and window button is 10.

Also is there a way to change what the buttons do?

[Sahrjd]

Thanks for the help.

I am working on transitioning to Linux for a majority of my computer work. It is a difficult transition. I know the MS products very well and feel a little incompetent workign with Linux.

[Sahrjd]

Okay, so the buttons work in Opera but not in Firefox v 3.0.5.