Subject: Re: wscons and mice with extra buttons
To: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/07/2001 08:59:41
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Lennart Augustsson wrote:

> David Brownlee wrote:
>
> >         I have a friend with a Microsoft IntelliMouse with two extra
> >         buttons on the side (for going back and forward in IE apparently).
> >         NetBSD probes it as:
> >
> > ums0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
> > ums0: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse\M-. Explorer, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> > ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir.
> > wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
> >
> >         ... and does not seem to recognise the extra buttons (the standard
> >         two plus scroll wheel work fine).
> >
> >         Does anyone have any idea how to pickup the extra buttons?
>
> Do they show up as events in xev?
> If they do, you should be able to map them with X resources.

	No - first thing I checked :/
	I wonder if the mouse works as a 'standard IntelliMouse' until its
	sent a sequence to enable the extra buttons?

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