strummsteel Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Guys, Is there a way for me to configure my scroll button mouse as a third button? The scroll button is an excellent time saver in Firefox as it open a link in a new tab. Thanks in advanced. Strummsteel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Depends on your mouse... In most cases, if you have a generic mouse, adding the line Option "Emulate3Button" "yes" to the mouse section of xorg.conf is suficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 You will find instructions on my web site, on how to configure button numbers: http://yves.gablin.club.fr/pc/linux.php?article=config/mouse Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strummsteel Posted September 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Thanks mate, on problem is doesnt Option "Emulate3Button" "yes" make the left and the right button work together for the third mouse button? hmm i will try it later when I get back home. Thanks very much once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Like I said, depends on your mouse... I never bothrer doing anything special to configure the mouse (except for a touchpad). I always use a generic mouse driver and configure it to emulate 3 button mouse. The wheel always works. Anyway, try configuring the mouse using mousedrake. MCC -> Hardware -> MouseDrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strummsteel Posted September 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Once again thanks guys, I guess I wasnt clear, the wheel (scrool) works, but the wheel also works as a third button right? Why doesnt it do anything when I puch on the wheel button? When I was in SUSE it works, when I was in Mepis in works. Im sorry if I wasnt clear enough, thanks again for you advance, I sure hope you can help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 (edited) Try putting this to your xorg.conf. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection You may need to edit it a bit (most certainy, the identifier, and maybe "Device" option will need changing). Edited September 12, 2005 by coverup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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