Mouse features?

[Roy Smith]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 09:37:39AM -0500, 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?
>>     
>
> Usually mice with extra buttons Just Work.
>
> You could check by running 'xev' in a terminal and seeing if you get
> events when you press those extra buttons while the mouse is over the
> xev window.
>   

Ok, so when I run xev and click the extra buttons over the window I do
see an event happening.  So apparently I'm going to have to write my own
program to accomplish the desired behavior I want when using those extra
buttons.

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