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Xoligy Joined: May 11, 2008 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted May 11, 2008 at 5:53:07 PM Subject: Mouse buttons Right i got the server running this time i figured that out :D Its just the mouse buttons back and forward and the scroll wheel if someone can help us :)
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Penguin Joined Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 69 Other Topics	Posted: May 12, 2008 12:42:18 PM Subject: Mouse buttons http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Slackware-FAQ#Q.29_How_do_I_set_up_a_wheel_mouse.3F That has a quick guide to editing the Xorg.conf file to allow for a 7 button mouse (4 buttons, and up, down and click on the mousewheel), and making an .XModmap to get the rest of X to understand the extra buttons (Ignore that it says it's for Slackware, it applies to almost all distros [not sure which if any it doesn't work for] your best bet is to edit the xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ [If you see the line "Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"" either delete it, or add a # to the beginning to comment it out.]). You'll have to configure the side buttons to back and forward manually, but this can be done by following these: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/8599-ms-optical-intellimouse.html instructions. [Modified by: Penguin on May 12, 2008 12:43 PM]
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Xoligy Joined May 11, 2008 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: May 15, 2008 5:34:12 AM Subject: Mouse buttons Thanks Penguin i'll give it ago later today :)
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