Getting back/forward mouse buttons working as default

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Eric Dunbar Wrote: 
> > > 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).
> > >
> > > Any chance of this getting in?
> >
> > THis would be sweet :) I hate fiddling with imwheel..
> 
> Not sure if you saw the following... imwheel is NOT needed! 
> 
> > 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.
Well, that's only  in Firefox though.


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