{"id":41,"date":"2006-01-15T09:07:55","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T08:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.blackdown.de\/2006\/01\/15\/updated-logitech-mx1000-configuration\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T03:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T01:51:01","slug":"updated-logitech-mx1000-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackdown.de\/articles\/updated-logitech-mx1000-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Logitech MX1000 Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>XOrg 6.9 and later come with a new <em>evdev<\/em> driver. Configurations using the old <em>evdev<\/em> protocol hack no longer work. So here&#8217;s an updated version of my old MX1000 <a href=\"\/2005\/04\/03\/logitech-mx1000-configuration\/\">configuration<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kernel.org\/pub\/linux\/utils\/kernel\/hotplug\/udev.html\">udev <\/a> rule to give the mouse device a static name: I&#8217;m using\n<pre>ACTION==&quot;add&quot;, &#92;\r\n  KERNEL==&quot;event*&quot;, &#92;\r\n  SUBSYSTEM==&quot;input&quot;, &#92;\r\n  SYSFS{manufacturer}==&quot;Logitech&quot;, &#92;\r\n  SYSFS{product}==&quot;USB Receiver&quot;, &#92;\r\n  NAME=&quot;input\/mx1000&quot;<\/pre>\n<p> in <code>\/etc\/udev\/rules.d\/010_local.rules<\/code>.<br \/>\nAfter restarting <code>udev<\/code> and replugging the mouse, you should see a device named <code>\/dev\/input\/mx1000<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><code>\/etc\/X11\/xorg.conf<\/code>:\n<pre>Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;\r\n Identifier &quot;MX1000&quot;\r\n Driver     &quot;evdev&quot;\r\n Option     &quot;CorePointer&quot;\r\n Option     &quot;Device&quot;    &quot;\/dev\/input\/mx1000&quot;\r\nEndSection<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><code>~\/.xbindkeysrc<\/code>:<br \/>\n(You have to install <code>xbindkeys<\/code> and <code>xvkbd<\/code> for this; I&#8217;m starting <code>xbindkeys<\/code> in <code>~\/.gnomerc<\/code>)<\/p>\n<pre># Backward and Forward buttons\r\n&quot;xvkbd -text &quot;&#92;[Alt_L]&#92;[Left]&quot;&quot;\r\n  m:0x10 + b:8\r\n&quot;xvkbd -text &quot;&#92;[Alt_L]&#92;[Right]&quot;&quot;\r\n  m:0x10 + b:9\r\n\r\n# &quot;Cruise Control&quot; disabled:\r\n#&quot;xvkbd -text &quot;&#92;[Page_Up]&quot;&quot;\r\n#  m:0x10 + b:11\r\n#&quot;xvkbd -text &quot;&#92;[Page_Down]&quot;&quot;\r\n#  m:0x10 + b:12\r\n\r\n# &quot;Cruise Control&quot; enabled:\r\n# Work-around extra events\r\n&quot;~\/bin\/click 4&quot;\r\n m:0x10 + b:11\r\n&quot;~\/bin\/click 5&quot;\r\n m:0x10 + b:12\r\n\r\n# Application-Switch button\r\n# A-Tab doesn't work\r\n# Use it as another Forward for now\r\n&quot;xvkbd -text &quot;&#92;[Alt_L]&#92;[Right]&quot;&quot;\r\n  m:0x10 + b:10<\/pre>\n<p>Using the <em>Application-Switch<\/em> button for switching windows in GNOME doesn&#8217;t work because it would require holding down the <em>Alt<\/em> key while pressing <em>Tab<\/em> several times, xvkbd can&#8217;t do that. I&#8217;m using the button as another <em>Forward<\/em> now, it&#8217;s easier to reach than the real <em>Forward<\/em> button.<br \/>\nDefining actions for the <em>Cruise Control<\/em> buttons only makes sense when <em>Cruise Control<\/em> is disabled (you can disable it with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedroomlan.org\/~alexios\/coding_lmctl.html\">lmctl<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/freshmeat.net\/projects\/logitech_applet\/\">Logitech Mouse Applet<\/a>). If it is disabled, the buttons generate 11 and 12.  When it is enabled, they generate a single button 11 or 12 event and then a series of button 4 or 5 events just like scrolling the wheel does.<br \/>\nI have no idea why the mouse generates 11 or 12 before starting normal scrolling in <em>Cruise Control<\/em> mode. I&#8217;m mapping 11 and 12 to a little utility (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussg.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/0504.0\/1371.html\">click<\/a> <\/em> by Jeremy Nickurak) which replaces these bogus events with normal scroll events.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>At this point the <em>Backward<\/em> and <em>Forward<\/em> buttons should work in GNOME, KDE, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/products\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mozilla<\/a>-based browsers. Horizontal scrolling should work in GNOME and KDE.<br \/>\nMozilla-based browser like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/products\/firefox\/\" rel=\"tag\">Firefox<\/a> need two additional changes to get horizontal scrolling working with the tilt wheel: Open <code>about:config<\/code> and set<\/p>\n<pre>mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action = 0\r\nmousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines = true<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>January 18th, 2006:<\/strong> The evdev driver in XOrg 6.9 is broken on big-endian machines like powerpc. 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