Re: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something
On 01/13/05 09:29 PM, Mark Beaver sat at the `puter and typed: > I think it's not so much a setting in X. I think it's more that X simply > doesn't have the software to support those extra buttons (wether it's the > server or the wm of choice) that's got the lack I'm not sure. > > What I do know is that I can set this up fine using 4,5 as my ZAxisMapping, > and leave xmodmap alone. The buttons get recognized, but as I stated, I > don't think any of the current window managers have a "function" to allow > for you to set something up for those input buttons. Good example: > > Set your Zaxis mapping to 6 7 then leave xmodmap at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and the > extra two buttons *should* control your scroll, and the mouse wheel should > do nothing. I have the ZAxis at 6 7, and xmodmap at 1 2 3 6 7 4 5, and I'm finally getting some useable behavior. The extra side buttons (one on the left, one or the right) are behaving as forward/back controls in the browser, which was a pleasant surprise. The wheel works as a scroller should too. The only problem is that the side buttons and the scroller tend to pop up the Fvwm builtin menu from the root window. That's probably a problem for the Fvwm list, since the buttons are being recognized by X now. Thanks for the suggestions. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Chemistry professors never die, they just fail to react. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something
I think it's not so much a setting in X. I think it's more that X simply doesn't have the software to support those extra buttons (wether it's the server or the wm of choice) that's got the lack I'm not sure. What I do know is that I can set this up fine using 4,5 as my ZAxisMapping, and leave xmodmap alone. The buttons get recognized, but as I stated, I don't think any of the current window managers have a "function" to allow for you to set something up for those input buttons. Good example: Set your Zaxis mapping to 6 7 then leave xmodmap at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and the extra two buttons *should* control your scroll, and the mouse wheel should do nothing. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:52 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something I think I have it partly figured out. I had to change the xmodmap command in .xsession to this: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" But I kept the ZAxisMapping at 6 and 7. Now xev shows the side buttons registering at 6 and 7, but I still can't seem to get them working right through Fvwm. At least I have scrolling without annoying popup menus. I'll try switching the ZAxisMapping and the xmodmap to see if I can get a change. Thanks Lou On 01/13/05 07:29 PM, Mark Beaver sat at the `puter and typed: > In my experience with these leave the 4 5 as your ZAxisMapping and try it > should keep your wheel working. > > I'm not sure how to get the other two to work though, I've always had issues > with that. > > > Mark Beaver > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:08 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something > > Ok, I've finally broken down and bought myself one of those fancy > Microsoft thumbball thingys. I got tired of tracking my mouse around > on a 5"X5" square, which is exactly the amount of free space on my > desk right now. > > Anyway, since Microsoft is a pretty good accessory company I figured > I'd check their thumbball out. (I didn't say they were a good > software company) > > I got the following immediately after plugging in: > Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: Microsoft Microsoft Trackball > Optical®, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. > > The only problem is that it has 5 buttons including the button wheel. > > Give a man a hammer, he'll want to use it right? > > Well, now I've got these two new hammers, and I can't get them > working quite right. > > I've got the following in xorg.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/ums0" > Option "Buttons" "7" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" > EndSection > > > This is what I used to have: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > And I've restarted Xorg, and xev shows the proper button presses for > the left (button 1) and right (button 3) buttons, wheel press (button > 2), and weel scrolls (buttons 4 and 5). It also shows events for the > side buttons, 6 and 7. > > I have the comand `xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"` in my > ~/.xinitrc to set the buttons up, but I'm still getting odd behavior > when I roll the wheel. > > So what's this strange behavior? Well, every time I roll the mouse > wheel, I get the Fvwm Builtin menu. I tried setting a Nop action in > the Fvwm mouse events config for buttons 6 and 7, but that breaks > scrolling with the wheel. Now I can't seem to get scrolling back. So > I need to figure out how to stop the menu popup without breaking the > scrolling. Or at least get the scrolling back. > > I've tried this with and without moused, but no change. Naturally, > I change the Device above to /dev/sysmouse, and moused polls from > /dev/usm0. >
Re: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something
I think I have it partly figured out. I had to change the xmodmap command in .xsession to this: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" But I kept the ZAxisMapping at 6 and 7. Now xev shows the side buttons registering at 6 and 7, but I still can't seem to get them working right through Fvwm. At least I have scrolling without annoying popup menus. I'll try switching the ZAxisMapping and the xmodmap to see if I can get a change. Thanks Lou On 01/13/05 07:29 PM, Mark Beaver sat at the `puter and typed: > In my experience with these leave the 4 5 as your ZAxisMapping and try it > should keep your wheel working. > > I'm not sure how to get the other two to work though, I've always had issues > with that. > > > Mark Beaver > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:08 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something > > Ok, I've finally broken down and bought myself one of those fancy > Microsoft thumbball thingys. I got tired of tracking my mouse around > on a 5"X5" square, which is exactly the amount of free space on my > desk right now. > > Anyway, since Microsoft is a pretty good accessory company I figured > I'd check their thumbball out. (I didn't say they were a good > software company) > > I got the following immediately after plugging in: > Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: Microsoft Microsoft Trackball > Optical®, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. > > The only problem is that it has 5 buttons including the button wheel. > > Give a man a hammer, he'll want to use it right? > > Well, now I've got these two new hammers, and I can't get them > working quite right. > > I've got the following in xorg.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/ums0" > Option "Buttons" "7" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" > EndSection > > > This is what I used to have: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > And I've restarted Xorg, and xev shows the proper button presses for > the left (button 1) and right (button 3) buttons, wheel press (button > 2), and weel scrolls (buttons 4 and 5). It also shows events for the > side buttons, 6 and 7. > > I have the comand `xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"` in my > ~/.xinitrc to set the buttons up, but I'm still getting odd behavior > when I roll the wheel. > > So what's this strange behavior? Well, every time I roll the mouse > wheel, I get the Fvwm Builtin menu. I tried setting a Nop action in > the Fvwm mouse events config for buttons 6 and 7, but that breaks > scrolling with the wheel. Now I can't seem to get scrolling back. So > I need to figure out how to stop the menu popup without breaking the > scrolling. Or at least get the scrolling back. > > I've tried this with and without moused, but no change. Naturally, > I change the Device above to /dev/sysmouse, and moused polls from > /dev/usm0. > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE, Xorg 6.7.1 (built from ports) and > Fvwm 2.4.19 built with imlib support from the ports. > > I think that's all. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org Ô¿Ô¬ > > QOTD: > "My life is a soap opera, but who gets the movie rights?" > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org Ô¿Ô¬ Zero Defects, n.: The result of shutting down a production line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something
In my experience with these leave the 4 5 as your ZAxisMapping and try it should keep your wheel working. I'm not sure how to get the other two to work though, I've always had issues with that. Mark Beaver -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:08 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something Ok, I've finally broken down and bought myself one of those fancy Microsoft thumbball thingys. I got tired of tracking my mouse around on a 5"X5" square, which is exactly the amount of free space on my desk right now. Anyway, since Microsoft is a pretty good accessory company I figured I'd check their thumbball out. (I didn't say they were a good software company) I got the following immediately after plugging in: Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical®, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2, iclass 3/1 Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. The only problem is that it has 5 buttons including the button wheel. Give a man a hammer, he'll want to use it right? Well, now I've got these two new hammers, and I can't get them working quite right. I've got the following in xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/ums0" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection This is what I used to have: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection And I've restarted Xorg, and xev shows the proper button presses for the left (button 1) and right (button 3) buttons, wheel press (button 2), and weel scrolls (buttons 4 and 5). It also shows events for the side buttons, 6 and 7. I have the comand `xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"` in my ~/.xinitrc to set the buttons up, but I'm still getting odd behavior when I roll the wheel. So what's this strange behavior? Well, every time I roll the mouse wheel, I get the Fvwm Builtin menu. I tried setting a Nop action in the Fvwm mouse events config for buttons 6 and 7, but that breaks scrolling with the wheel. Now I can't seem to get scrolling back. So I need to figure out how to stop the menu popup without breaking the scrolling. Or at least get the scrolling back. I've tried this with and without moused, but no change. Naturally, I change the Device above to /dev/sysmouse, and moused polls from /dev/usm0. I'm running FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE, Xorg 6.7.1 (built from ports) and Fvwm 2.4.19 built with imlib support from the ports. I think that's all. Any ideas? TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org Ô¿Ô¬ QOTD: "My life is a soap opera, but who gets the movie rights?" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Trackball, extra buttons, and X - I've lost something
Ok, I've finally broken down and bought myself one of those fancy Microsoft thumbball thingys. I got tired of tracking my mouse around on a 5"X5" square, which is exactly the amount of free space on my desk right now. Anyway, since Microsoft is a pretty good accessory company I figured I'd check their thumbball out. (I didn't say they were a good software company) I got the following immediately after plugging in: Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical®, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2, iclass 3/1 Jan 13 17:07:31 keyslapper kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. The only problem is that it has 5 buttons including the button wheel. Give a man a hammer, he'll want to use it right? Well, now I've got these two new hammers, and I can't get them working quite right. I've got the following in xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/ums0" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection This is what I used to have: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection And I've restarted Xorg, and xev shows the proper button presses for the left (button 1) and right (button 3) buttons, wheel press (button 2), and weel scrolls (buttons 4 and 5). It also shows events for the side buttons, 6 and 7. I have the comand `xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"` in my ~/.xinitrc to set the buttons up, but I'm still getting odd behavior when I roll the wheel. So what's this strange behavior? Well, every time I roll the mouse wheel, I get the Fvwm Builtin menu. I tried setting a Nop action in the Fvwm mouse events config for buttons 6 and 7, but that breaks scrolling with the wheel. Now I can't seem to get scrolling back. So I need to figure out how to stop the menu popup without breaking the scrolling. Or at least get the scrolling back. I've tried this with and without moused, but no change. Naturally, I change the Device above to /dev/sysmouse, and moused polls from /dev/usm0. I'm running FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE, Xorg 6.7.1 (built from ports) and Fvwm 2.4.19 built with imlib support from the ports. I think that's all. Any ideas? TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org Ô¿Ô¬ QOTD: "My life is a soap opera, but who gets the movie rights?" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
