Thanks for the reply! This is what my section looks like. We have the same except the Identifier part. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Hmm what else could I look for? Is this a problem in KDE or am I having something really weird on my hands? On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:01:44 +0200, Dirk Osswald wrote:

Hi,

have you told X11 that it should use multiple mice? Like in: (excerpt from XF86Config) ---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8< Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "usb" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection ---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<

Hint: to use a non-default layout like this you must start X with:

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startx -- -layout usb

Or if you have X always running (like with xdm/kdm/...) you can test the layout first by switching to a console (CTRL-ALT-F2), then log in, then:

...

telinit 3 # to go to runlevel 3 (multiuser without xdm/kdm) startx -- -layout usb The X11 error messages are then saved to ~/.X.err , take a look.

To go back to 'normal' terminate the X11 server (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE) and

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telinit 5 # to go to runlevel 5 (multiuser with xdm/kdm)

Am Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:44:43 +0300 hat botmund geschrieben:

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SuSe 9.3 Professional.

I've tried editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I've tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12" and neither works. SuSe control center isn't of much help either.

Anyone have any idea what to do?

I use a MS Wheel Mouse Optical (USB). Computer is Compaq EVO n600c.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf (mouse related part) looks like this:

Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection

Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "USB-Mouse;ExplorerPS/2 on USB" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection

Any help much appreciated.

The problem is that I want to switch the mouse buttons. I want a left hand mouse. The mouse works just fine, wheel and all. Just can't find the way to switch the buttons. On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:43:15 +0200, Dirk Osswald wrote:

Hi again,

what is actually the problem? - The (external usb) mouse does not move the pointer at all - or - - Just the button mapping is wrong?

Am Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:15:35 +0300 hat botmund geschrieben:

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Thanks for the reply!

This is what my section looks like. We have the same except the Identifier part.

Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection

Hmm what else could I look for? Is this a problem in KDE or am I having something really weird on my hands?

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:01:44 +0200, Dirk Osswald wrote:

...

Hi,

have you told X11 that it should use multiple mice? Like in: (excerpt from XF86Config) ---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8< Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "usb" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection ---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<

Hint: to use a non-default layout like this you must start X with:

...

startx -- -layout usb

Or if you have X always running (like with xdm/kdm/...) you can test the layout first by switching to a console (CTRL-ALT-F2), then log in, then:

...

telinit 3 # to go to runlevel 3 (multiuser without xdm/kdm) startx -- -layout usb The X11 error messages are then saved to ~/.X.err , take a look.

To go back to 'normal' terminate the X11 server (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE) and

...

telinit 5 # to go to runlevel 5 (multiuser with xdm/kdm)

Am Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:44:43 +0300 hat botmund geschrieben:

...

SuSe 9.3 Professional.

I've tried editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I've tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12" and neither works. SuSe control center isn't of much help either.

Anyone have any idea what to do?

I use a MS Wheel Mouse Optical (USB). Computer is Compaq EVO n600c.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf (mouse related part) looks like this:

Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection

Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "USB-Mouse;ExplorerPS/2 on USB" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection

Any help much appreciated.

Are you using KDE as your interface...

Yup, using KDE and I've tried the control center, below is my first post: SuSe 9.3 Professional. I've tried editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I've tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12" and neither works. SuSe control center isn't of much help either. Anyone have any idea what to do? I use a MS Wheel Mouse Optical (USB). Computer is Compaq EVO n600c. My /etc/X11/xorg.conf (mouse related part) looks like this: Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "USB-Mouse;ExplorerPS/2 on USB" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:39:51 -0400, BandiPat wrote:

On Tuesday 09 August 2005 01:33 pm, botmund wrote:

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The problem is that I want to switch the mouse buttons. I want a left hand mouse. The mouse works just fine, wheel and all. Just can't find the way to switch the buttons.

[...] ============

Are you using KDE as your interface? If so, have you taken a look at the control center settings for the mouse? It does allow you to easily switch the mouse for lefties.

regards, Lee

On Tuesday 09 August 2005 01:48 pm, botmund wrote:

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Are you using KDE as your interface...

Yup, using KDE and I've tried the control center, below is my first post:

SuSe 9.3 Professional.

I've tried editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I've tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12" and neither works. SuSe control center isn't of much help either.

Anyone have any idea what to do?

I use a MS Wheel Mouse Optical (USB). Computer is Compaq EVO n600c.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf (mouse related part) looks like this: ==========

botmund, Gee fellow, you sent out like 4 or 5 mails to both me and the list, just one to the list will do please. ;o) Sorry didn't notice that you had mentioned trying the control center earlier. I also notice you are using a laptop which has the pad and an external mouse, so I suspect that is what is confusing the KDE control center. I wonder if you eliminated the pad from xorg.conf and just setup for the mouse if it would work correctly? Since the control center can't distinquish between the two nor does it allow you to specify which mouse is in use, I'm guessing the only recourse you might have is to setup for the external as the main mouse. No other thoughts at this time. Lee

BandiPat, I removed the touchpad config using SaX2 and then restarted the computer. Left hand mouse works like a charm now. Enough from me for a while now... (: On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:46:01 +0300, botmund wrote:

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botmund, Gee fellow, you sent out like 4 or 5 mails to both me and the list, just one to the list will do please. ;o)

Sorry for that. I will settle for right hand mouse for the time being. This seems to be a problem to hard for me to solve. Anyways its not a big problem.

The last things I did was to remove(using pico) the "synaptics" part from the xorg.conf and then restarted. KDE would not start after that, I tried typing kde at the command line but got the error message below. Well I'll leave it for now. Richard, I'll try your suggestion when I get the motivation back.

Thanks all for the suggestions! Appreciate it a lot.

This is the error message when trying to start KDE with the modified xorg.conf: xset: unable to open display "" xsetroot: unable to open display '' startkde: Starting up... kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory ksmserver: cannot connect to X server startkde: Shutting down... Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit! startkde: Running shutdown scripts... startkde: Done.

This I removed: Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:30:11 -0400, BandiPat wrote:

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On Tuesday 09 August 2005 01:48 pm, botmund wrote:

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Are you using KDE as your interface...

Yup, using KDE and I've tried the control center, below is my first post:

SuSe 9.3 Professional.

I've tried editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I've tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12" and neither works. SuSe control center isn't of much help either.

Anyone have any idea what to do?

I use a MS Wheel Mouse Optical (USB). Computer is Compaq EVO n600c.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf (mouse related part) looks like this: ==========

botmund, Gee fellow, you sent out like 4 or 5 mails to both me and the list, just one to the list will do please. ;o)

Sorry didn't notice that you had mentioned trying the control center earlier. I also notice you are using a laptop which has the pad and an external mouse, so I suspect that is what is confusing the KDE control center. I wonder if you eliminated the pad from xorg.conf and just setup for the mouse if it would work correctly? Since the control center can't distinquish between the two nor does it allow you to specify which mouse is in use, I'm guessing the only recourse you might have is to setup for the external as the main mouse.

No other thoughts at this time.

Lee