Mouse features?

[Roy Smith]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Roy Smith wrote:
>   
>> Hi!  I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical that I've been using for
>> years on Windows, and now that I've switched over to Ubuntu I'd like
>> to use the same mouse that I've grown accustomed to.  Right now the
>> mouse works just fine as far as the basic features go, but I'd like to
>> be able to use the two side buttons as well.  Is there a mouse driver
>> for Linux that will enable the full use of this mouse?
>>
>>     
> 	Please get a Logitech mouse. They do not say they work on Linux but
> they all DO!
>   
Well the basic functions of this mouse work just fine, the left and
right buttons along with the scroll wheel do just as they're expected to
do.  It's just that there are 2 additional buttons that don't seem to
work in all the programs that I use.  I guess I'm  going to have to
write my own program that mimics the Intellipoint software so that when
the side buttons are pressed I can make it appear to the computer that a
key on the keyboard has been pressed.  That's the specific function I am
trying to regain...

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