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| Thread ID: 15993 | 2002-02-23 06:09:00 | How to setup a more than 3 button wheel mouse in Linux | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 36754 | 2002-02-23 06:09:00 | My ps/2 optical mouse has 5 buttons. One on each side and then 3 including the wheel button. Also I think that the scrolling up or down is two separate buttons but I'll say it's just a 5 button mouse. It's BTC but I know it's just a rebadged mouse as I see many companies like PC Co using them on their machines. All three mouse buttons and the wheel on top work but I would like to add the other two that are on the sides for going back and forward in webpages as it does in Internet Explorer. Is this possible? Do I need drivers? I have seen a mouse that looks similar badged with Dexxa on it. I think it had drivers for Linux. Would that do? or do I have to edit a file somewhere? All help appreciated |
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| 36755 | 2002-02-23 07:58:00 | Have not had much luck (so far) in setting up my Genius Netscroll either - but I am using RedHat 7.0 - might be better in a newer distribution. YOu need to login as root and type 'mouseconfig' - the available drivers will present themselves for your choice. |
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| 36756 | 2002-02-23 08:40:00 | Using Red Hat 7.2. I have mine setup as a 3 button Generic P/S2 and the wheel works with it. I just can't get the side two buttons to work. mouseconfig doesn't have a 5 button or whatever type configuration this mouse is. I've got more information on my mouse (all the info for this mouse was on the box it came in but was thrown out) My mouse is a BTC 4D Optical PS/2 Mouse. I am going to read the HOWTOs for Mouse specific instructions and information on the XFree86 which also plays a part in this somehow. I see that most people post that there is a lack of linux support for mice with more than 3 buttons. |
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| 36757 | 2002-02-23 09:04:00 | Just had a look at XFree86 4.20 and it has support for your mouse. You may want to consider updating it. My version came with 4.10 so I am going to update to see if that'll help. |
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| 36758 | 2002-02-24 03:57:00 | Kame, BTC IS an hardware manufacturer, so I think it'd be safe to assume they are the place to go for the drivers. Try either www.btc.com.tw/ OR http: and have a search there and hopefully you'll be able to find something of use. |
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