Explorer Mouse question

asiobob · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:32 pm Post subject: Explorer Mouse question

Hello,

I have an MS Explorer optical mouse that works in my current distro (mandrake).

Just a question when I install gentoo. the mouse section in mandrake XF86CONFIG-4 is

Zoltan · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:44 pm Post subject:

You can copy your XF86Config-4 from mandrake to Gentoo without changes.
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asiobob · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:53 pm Post subject:

oh thats good to know, I guess I'll have to install the nvidia drivers etc.. since thats what I'm using now.

On mandrake XF86Config-4 is the file that is used.
Am I correct that on gentoo is XF86Config ?

Random Task · Apprentice Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 171 Location: Canada

Actually that's a XFree86 thing.

Since 4.0 (I think) the file used is XF86Config-4

If you don't have an XF86Config-4 then XF86Config is used.

Hope that helps
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ctford0 · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:02 pm Post subject:

Random Task · Apprentice Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 171 Location: Canada

Well what I do is have both as the same thing (cp XF86Config-4 XF86Config) so if one stops working it'll pick up the same settings from the other one.

Thanks for letting me know, I'm definately going to look into that one.
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Zoltan · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

If you have both XF86Config and XF86Config-4, then XF86Config-4 will be used.
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imagino · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 47 Location: Italy

I found this browsing the net:

http://www.groundhog1.com/mouse/MSExplorer.html

It's very useful. The problem now is HOW to let

/usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
/usr/bin/imwheel -p -b "67"

start automatically every time X starts. I've tried to add these lines in /etc/inid.d/xdm or in /etc/X11/sartDM.sh but I haven't got any good result

theyneverknew2 · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 23

add it to your ~/.xinitrc above where you start your wm

imagino · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 47 Location: Italy

would'nt be better to put it in a "global" directory (oh...I wonder if I can kyst put it in /etc/xinitrc ??) so that everyone logging in from kdm will get the mouse work, without having many identical ~/.xinitrc around?

ctford0 · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:22 am Post subject: Re: imwheel

imagino · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 47 Location: Italy

I tried but it looks that this file isn't used, when logging in from KDM.
Maybe modifying the startkde script would be an IDEA...but I'd like a more clean and gentooish way to do that.

ctford0 · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: ~/.xinitrc

Jewelie · n00b Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 6 Location: UK

ecatmur · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:08 pm Post subject:

I put the xmodmap line in /etc/X11/Xmodmap (just pointer = "1 2 3 8 9 4 5 6 7") and symlink to that from /etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap.

Also, put the imwheel command in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

This seems to work partly because /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit is a symlink to /etc/X11/xinit/.

If there's a better way to do it, please tell me.

Btw: I use 9 buttons in order to be able to handle multi-wheel and net mice consistently.

ctford0 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 6:02 pm Post subject: