MouseExtraButtons

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Summary

On Microsoft Explorer series mice, and many logitech mice that are compatible, the follow needs to be added to xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
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Release Note

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It is mandatory.

Rationale

This would solve overall system feel and polish issues, and bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/107876 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/85202 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-mouse/+bug/26196

And silence trolls: http://www.osnews.com/read_thread.php?news_id=17739&comment_id=232855

Use Cases

* Dirge is unhappy that Ubuntu doesn't allow him to use all the buttons on his 7 year old Intelli Mouse Explorer, and choses to use a different operating system because of this problem.

Assumptions

Design

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Migration

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Outstanding Issues

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BoF agenda and discussion

How should we detect that the mouse is a Microsoft Explorer series mouse?


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MouseExtraButtons (last edited 2008-08-06 16:16:05 by localhost)