From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 19 15:37:30 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A32D74593 for ; Fri, 19 May 2017 15:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eekee57@fastmail.fm) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D61BD4F for ; Fri, 19 May 2017 15:37:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eekee57@fastmail.fm) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC31420B7E for ; Fri, 19 May 2017 11:37:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web1 ([10.202.2.211]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 19 May 2017 11:37:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id :mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=M1xTnGdoNARWppgKF2IbzH6RjJ0zfXuS1aV8ChLmNT8=; b=cjiUiRuP xHS2ih5smOicfnreIcbjXpCgueUUlaZKxyPVdcl+fNstPVQap8Q+DPCBv90CRl2B jVnD4IivRGvByIPyQqNbTqXWdz832Ec6wj1tZZFMYECnSW0POM3UkzT+6LBf0q5Q kea+mcLC/cZf3BM03ruqV7RoiHVxWcslPRDik22H7i+gM4X29QTLP/4cZyftvbiy VrNacqOm7yFG0T+KXQCM05bCAHztnKHot5ipYNVpAb6VL4uInNOjOjN4DIO9RRX8 p5deoUeu3aynsn480jP29zMhkIpfv/sXBEYGPJuDozvqQ15zAV3hDfGqLW5dH8Ne zKV0wPIy5durCw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:message-id:mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=M1xTnGdoNARWppgKF2IbzH6RjJ0zf XuS1aV8ChLmNT8=; b=NPDY8Uc66C1W0CgboHMe4yjESUy+nLvWyjPabOGD/uXqJ pbsTYywZYp2gqD4FJCSkoLnJ3x8IWMU5YM2qsEi9Ur2sTcPtCMWUaT5UJAFah/Sw cnx17ECxoYStce5WiV5EcfeoRqR525z2D0pwnzyQ3DhOiPuHxkm4InLw0Agf5dgB RXv68KTbYqZjGQ/MNJiiLCMpmbvCxGBPhYaMoIjH3dRg2FGoo74vSsiwY7TzB+MI kWDF0gJk1JA+6B2jcbm+Sk2fyUui95UNx8GLKjZA+FRt2/m3qf1kOrPIDXjId2GZ Qu9xOLoSrT9WQedWujf5Opt3RCYMvCW4lK0h1YORQ== X-ME-Sender: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id ACC3094377; Fri, 19 May 2017 11:37:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1495208248.1449918.982161320.0B87F123@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-a5162694 Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 16:37:28 +0100 Subject: remapping pointer buttons X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 15:37:30 -0000 i use a mouse with a button on the side which i remapped to button 2 under linux. i've been using it this way for years, i'm very used to it. i just started using this mouse with freebsd, and i can't figure out how to remap the buttons. here's what i found, in reverse chronological order: xinput silently fails for every pointer device except the core pointer, where it reports an x error. i assume you're not meant to use it with the core pointer, and i don't even want to; i want this to be specific to this one mouse. xmodmap reports an x error. lshal reports a dbus error: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory documentation for moused and lower-level mouse seemed disinclined to mention button mapping. i would like the same button mapping to apply in the framebuffer as well as x. i have severe fatigue issues and i've just had to move a rather fiddly setup involving a laptop with external drive and screen onto my desk with the ecosystem of cabling behind it. i've done it now when i'm already fatigued because my primary workstation died unexpectedly yesterday morning. i'd appreciate an easy answer. -- Linux? I used ext4 for a few years. In proportion to the time spent using it, I lost as much data to it as I lost to the very worst released version of reiserfs.