I’ve never been the type to use an *abomination mouse (as I call them) and I prefer not to use an abomination keyboard, but there are a lot of you out there that seem to enjoy them so I thought I would share the steps on getting them to work.
(* abomination mouse & keyboard, in my mind, is anything other than a standard mouse and keyboard. If your mouse has 6,000 buttons and your keyboard has enough buttons and dials to control a death-robot and soon rule the world it is an abomination.)
Below are the steps for setting up your 5 (or more) button mouse for use in Firefox (tomorrow’s tip is support within Nautilus!).
- Backup your xorg.conf file (ALWAYS backup this file before even thinking about touching it): sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup
- Edit the file: sudo nano gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Find the Section “Input Device” for your mouse and change the following:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
.....
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
.....
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
to include the multiple button mouse support:
Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Configured Mouse”
Driver “mouse”
Option “CorePointer”
…..
Option “Protocol” “ExplorerPS/2″
…..
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “true”
Option “Buttons” “7″
Option “ButtonMapping” “1 2 3 6 7″
EndSection
At this point you can restart your computer (or possibly just GNOME using ctrl-alt-backspace). You should then have support for your additional buttons within Firefox. Enjoy your world domination!
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