Mouse wheel and extra button support in breezy

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Scott Wrote: 
> ulrich steffens wrote:
> 
> >Am Freitag, den 14.10.2005, 15:27 -0700 schrieb Adam Hamilton:
> >  
> >
> >>I have a logitech Mouseman optical USB mouse that was
> >>attached when I installed breezy. Problem is the thumb
> >>button is set for "paste" and I'd like to set it to
> >>"browser back." The wheel doesn't work at all, except
> >>as a button, which is "paste." How can I get the wheel
> >>to work and reprogram the thumb button?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >hi,
> >i think you're looking for something like this:
> >edit xorg.conf 
> >
> >	'sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf'
> >
> >find 'Section InputDevice' and edit/add the following lines
> >
> >        Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> >        Option "Buttons" "7"
> >        Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
> >
> >save and close the file.
> >go to 'System > Preferences > Sessions' 
> >(this may vary i'm using german locale)
> >and hit the 'startup...'tab. click add and put 
> >
> >	xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
> >
> >in it. log out, hit Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to restart x, login again.
> >some people report they had to reboot to let the changes take effect.
> >
> >for additional info take a look at
> >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntellimouseMousemanBackForwardButtons
> >(the part about 'imwhell' is not necessary!)
> >also take a look at the comments, cause it seems there are mousemans
> >with different button numbers out there.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >ulrich
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> Wow, I not heard of this before.  The only way I knew of was with 
> imwheel ( http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/utils/imwheel ).  Is one
> way 
> better than the other. 
> 
> I need to do this myself, and I've not yet done so.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
> 
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I think Firefox doesn't need imwheel, but Opera does.


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