bigjohn Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 this months linux format has a letter about configuring addition mouse buttons. the reply suggested using the xev command. if I try just issuing xev it tells me "command not found", as both root and user. I've looked at /usr/bin and theres a link to X11 to /usr/X11R6/bin but again if I cd to that I'm still not getting anything. So where would I find xev so that I can run it to see if the system is seeing anything from the "thumb button" on my mouse - then at least I could continue to follow the instructions in the mag to see what I get. regards John p.s. Oh and no I'm not getting a man page for xev - I wondered if it was part of some sort of "tool kit" or similar ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Did you search the software installer for xev? it may be a seperate program and you may not have it installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 You need to install X11R6-contrib package. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 You need to install X11R6-contrib package. :) Which seems to bring me back to this other thread of mine because I didn't understand what you were refering to when you said that I can install Xorg from within Xorg. Did you mean that I should install it from the MCC/Rpmdrake + ? If so, do I then just uninstall the earlier version with Rpmdrake- and then do the ctrl+alt+backspace ? As I'm presuming that I'd have to do that, then upgrade my kde to 3.5.1 and then install the X11R6-contrib package as there appears to be different versions of the contrib package according to the version of Xorg thats installed. Am I thinking on the right lines, or am I thinking a load of s**t ? regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 The X11R6-contrib package contains programs like xev (and a few others). It is not needed to run X, only if you need a program like xev you want to install it. Yes,. Install xorg from the MCC (no need to uninstall the old version) and then restart it with ctr-alt-backspace. After that install kde 3.5.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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