[Solved] Can't get xorg.conf mouse "Emulate3Buttons" to work

gurfle · posted: 2011-10-18 04:54

Mouse section of xorg.conf is:

Section"InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier"Mouse0"
Driver"mouse"
Option"Protocol""auto"
Option"Device""/dev/psaux"
Option"Emulate3Buttons""yes"
Option"ZAxisMapping""4 5"

EndSection

but cannot get simultaneous click of 2Button mouse to behave as 3rd button (this works in my squeeze gnome setup on same machine).

Since I like to use the 3rd button paste selection feature a lot, I'd like to get this back.

Thanks, Nick

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-10-18 12:09

I have this line in ~/.xinitrc near the top.

xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 4 5'

buttcoffee · posted: 2011-10-18 22:42

MatchIsPointer"on"
Option"Emulate3Buttons""on"

add that then restart X

You can always remap your mouse if that doesn't work or install gpointing-device-settings to make it easier on you. it comes with a bunch of gnome lib, i think

I don't even have an xorg.conf, interesting

gurfle · posted: 2011-10-19 03:21

Thanks for the ideas, but I am not sure what to do with them. I would like to get a more basic soultion than using gpointing-device-settings as @buttcoffee mentions. I tried

Option"Emulate3Buttons""on"
and
Option"Emulate3Buttons""true"

with no improvement __{{emoticon}}__

The antiX version of xorg.conf (using"Emulate3Buttons""yes") is identical to the one that works using gdm in my debian squeeze setup (which, by the way, does not use .xinitrc).

Can I change the ~/.xinitrc line

xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 4 5'

in some way? (Commenting it out is no good because then there is no mouse at all __{{emoticon}}__ )

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buttcoffee · posted: 2011-10-20 05:33

So, did you try what I suggested?

Change Driver"mouse" to Driver"evdev" Make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-evdev installed, then restart x

Are you using gdm to boot into antix?

To figure out what number represent what button on your mouse buttons, use xev

BitJam · posted: 2011-10-21 04:15

I found this in an archlinux.org forum. I tried in VirtualBox with the lastest testing version of antiX and it worked. Add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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Section"InputClass"
    Identifier"whatever"
    MatchIsPointer"on"
    Option"Emulate3Buttons""on"
EndSection

gurfle · posted: 2011-10-21 04:50

@BitJam: Your solution works for me too! and persuing your forum discovery a little, I found this rationale behind the change:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-evdev-middle-mouse-button-emulation.html"
linktext was:"http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-e ... ation.html"
====================================

Thanks you indeed! __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__

buttcoffee · posted: 2011-10-21 05:16

Could've tried it when i suggested the same thing. :\

gurfle · posted: 2011-10-21 05:50

buttcoffee wrote:Could've tried it when i suggested the same thing. :\

Sorry @butcoffee, I did try all I could do to figure out what to do from your posting that consisted of nothing but a note to"add" the two lines

MatchIsPointer"on"
Option"Emulate3Buttons""on"

Unfortuntely, the lack of context gave me no clue how to fit them in. Option"Emulate3Buttons""on" was already in place, and sadly X would not even start after I inserted

MatchIsPointer"on"

into the existing mouse"InputDevice" Section - not quite sure where, so I quickly gave up on that __{{emoticon}}__

Without the full context @BitJam offered for where to place those lines you originally gave, I was unable to get it to work. I was just going to post a reply to that effect when I saw the posting that explained how to insert those lines. I tried to figure out how to use"MatchisPointer", but obviously my understanding was too feeble to be able put the available pieces together.

Nonetheless, thanks for you ideas. It was helpful to discover the use of xev, as you suggested, to see how the system was numbering the buttons.

Nick