ExecutorElassus
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 Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:32 pm Post subject: howto configure a kensington expert mouse/trackball? |
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The Kensington Expert Mouse (which is really a trackball) gets top marks on every review, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
Now, I want to use it left-handed. The trackball is set up as follows: there is a big ball in the middle, with a ring around it for scrolling and four buttons (call them SW, SE, NW, NE). I want to map it for left-handed use, as follows:
SE: main click
SW: alternative (normally "right") click
SW+SE: middle click
wheel: as normal
NW: "back" in the browser
NE: "forward" in the browser.
I have the following in xorg-conf.d/11inputs.conf:
| Code: | Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Expert Mouse"
MatchProduct "Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
# Physical button #s: A b D - - - - B C b = A & D simultaneously; - = no button
# Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 2"
# Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 2" # For right-hand placement
Option "ButtonMapping" "3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8 9" # For left-hand placement
#
# EmulateWheel refers to emulating a mouse wheel using Marble Mouse trackball.
Option "EmulateWheel" "false"
# Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8" # Factory default; use "9" for left-side placement.
# Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" # Disable this for vertical-only scrolling.
# Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons refers to the act of pressing buttons A and D
# simultaneously to emulate a middle-click or wheel click.
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" # Factory default.
EndSection
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This does not seem to work. Instead, I get SW and SE working as desired, but using the two together does nothing, NW returns a middle-click, and NE returns "back" in the browser.
I've tried mucking around with the order of numbers, to no avail. Can anybody help me straighten it out?
Cheers,
EE
ADDENDUM: Here's what Xorg.log.0 says:
| Code: | [ 243.840] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse (/dev/input/event18)
[ 243.840] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 243.840] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse'
[ 243.840] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: always reports core events
[ 243.840] (**) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event18"
[ 243.897] (--) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Vendor 0x47d Product 0x1020
[ 243.897] (--) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Found 8 mouse buttons
[ 243.897] (--) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 243.897] (--) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 243.897] (--) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 243.897] (II) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 243.897] (II) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 243.897] (**) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 243.897] (**) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 243.897] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.4/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/0003:047D:1020.0008/input/input21/event18"
[ 243.897] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[ 243.897] (II) evdev: Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 243.898] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 243.898] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 243.898] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 243.898] (**) Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 243.898] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 243.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 243.898] (II) This device may have been added with another device file. |
ADDENDUM2: I've now modified the buttonmap several times with xmodmap. Here's where I am now:
| Code: | $ xmodmap -pp
There are 12 pointer buttons defined.
Physical Button
Button Code
1 3
2 8
3 1
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 2
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
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If I try to modify any of buttons 9--12 to something other than their default settings, I get this:
| Code: | $ xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 2 2"
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 116 (X_SetPointerMapping)
Value in failed request: 0x2
Serial number of failed request: 9
Current serial number in output stream: 9
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