Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:21:27 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Jeff Elkins <bsd@elkins.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-Button Trackball Message-ID: <20040207032127.GH76684@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200402062124.48395.bsd@elkins.org> References: <200402062124.48395.bsd@elkins.org>
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In the last episode (Feb 06), Jeff Elkins said: > I'm using a 5-button Microsoft Trackball/Explorer (a gift) that > functions perfectly under Debian Unstable/KDE3.1 > > I copied the Debian X settings to my BSD XFree86 config file, which > added ZAxis and Buttons settings: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Buttons" "5" > EndSection > > but only three of the buttons are functional. Are there any tips for > making this beast work with FreeBSD 5.2? You probably need to say you have 7 buttons: the five physical buttons, and two more for the wheel up/down events. Try setting ZAxisMapping to "6 7". I don't know if X is hardcoded to think buttons 4 and 5 are wheel buttons or not. If it is, you can shuffle the button mappings around with moused -m. moused -df (console) and xev (X) are handy for debugging button and wheel problems. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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