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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: X.org no longer sees extra buttons?
From:       Ori Bernstein <rand_chars () rogers ! com>
Date:       2005-09-28 14:25:29
Message-ID: 20050928102529.6667d036.rand_chars () rogers ! com
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:07:00 -0700, David Sharp <whereami@gmail.com> said:

> it seems that the only way to acheive this is to use
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
> and then use xmodmap to reverse the buttons:
> xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
> 
> this must be run every time you start the server, so you may want to
> put it in your .xinitrc, or some global startup script.
> 
> I believe this is just a workaround though, and it would be very nice
> if the mouse driver would support these mice properly.. though, i
> suppose it could be a problem with the hardware lying? I doubt that
> though.
> 

Interestingly enough, *this* is no longer working for me.
I had this configuration in my xorg.conf, however, currently scrolling the
wheel on my mouse scrolls sideways, and the side buttons scroll up and down.

Running xmodmap has no obvious effect.

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