Getting back/forward mouse buttons working as default

[Martin Alderson]

Yes, I've set this up before, but I nuked that HDD and I'm on a
different system now. I have no doubts that would work, but it's such
a pain when Windows and OSX have it ready in a few seconds.

Martin


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:24:02 -0500, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:40:47 +0000, Martin Alderson wrote:
> > Is it possible we could have the backwards and forwards mouse buttons
> > just _working_ when I plug a mouse in?
> 
> I was wondering the same thing... especially when the solution is so simple.
> 
> > At the moment they are totally wacked, which can only be fixed by
> > running a cryptic set of commands and programs, from what I gather.
> >
> > I'm using a wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 (got it free as a
> > warranty replacement) and it doesn't work by default. I have also got
> > intellimouse explorer (wired) which broke, but still has working mouse
> > buttons (apart from mouse1, which double clicks all the time).
> 
> No cryptic programs to install whatsoever! I don't know what the
> reasoning is behind not activating all "seven" mouse buttons as a
> default but I can only imagine that'll change soon.
> 
> For details on what to do, check out
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/ManyButtonsMouseHowto and the other
> Ubuntu wiki.
> 
> To get forward-backward mice buttons active all you have to do is
> modify your xorg.conf or XF86Config-4 and change the number of buttons
> from 5 to 7! Voila, your two (left-right) + scroll-wheel/middle-click
> + two (forward-backward) mouse will be working.
> 
> Of course... if you want to *control* what these mice buttons do
> you'll have to install the software referenced in the wikis.
> 
> PS The scroll wheel counts as two buttons: one for up, the other for down.
> 
> Eric.
>