[HLUG] Mouse Problems

[Broomster]

The BTNX link on the linux.com site does the job :-)

Thanks Julian :-)

Now, how do I run the btnx command on startup?

I came across a forum that suggested doing the following :-

gedit /etc/rc.local

then adding the program name to that file?

Cheers,
Mike.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Julian Robbins <joolsr at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Broomster wrote:
>
> > Hi Gang,
> > My first request for help!
> >
> > I have a Tevion wireless mouse (part of a wireless keyboard and mouse
> > combo I bought from Aldi 18 months or so back.. The keyboard has since
> > been replaced..)
> >
> > It works fine, apart from the button configuration...
> >
> > It has two extra buttons on either side of the mouse which in windows
> > used to operate the "back" and "forward" features on my web browser..
> > In Ubuntu it appears that these extra buttons do different things..
> > The left one performs a "paste" function, and the right one does the
> > same as the standard right mouse button...
> >
> > I'd like to configure them to the "back" and "forward" functions I'm used
> to...
> >
> >
>  Hi Mike
>
>  I've never had to do this myself, but know its certainly possible.
>
>  This link may be a start
>
>  http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse
>
>  The section called XModMap may be worth looking .
>
>  This also looks pretty useful. Linux.com have some excellent articles, and
> thsi one is very current, so probably more likely to succeed then XModMap
> perhaps.
>
>  http://www.linux.com/feature/126295
>
>  Always many ways to 'skin a cat ' in Linux ..
>
>  Hopefully, someone else can suggest something a bit more concrete ...
>
>  Julian
>
>
> > Any ideas where I'd start? Or if it's possible at all?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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