When I was configuring my computer that I use at work, I ran into some problems with my mice. At work (Netlash) I am using a Logitech mx 3200 cordless laser desktop set.
Searching through the ubuntu forums I couldn't find anything about the mx3200 set. So the buttons on my mice were completly useless. After a lot of surfing around, I discoverd that the mice used in the set is a MX600.
So if you have the same set use the tutorial below to configure your mice to work correctly.
First backup you xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backu
Second edit the xorg.conf
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Search for the mouse-configuration and change it to the code below.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 4 5 6" EndSection
Save the xorg.conf and press control + alt + backspace. Hope this helps.
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Erik Bauffman schreef:
08/10/07
zijde gij nie ziek?
tijs schreef:
09/10/07
Was een post met een timestamp men vriend, das kunnen he, slapen en bloggen tegelijkertijd ;)
Calderon schreef:
09/10/07
Hey, Ive got the same keyboard+mouse set, but I'm having problems with the keyboard in ubuntu 7.04. Could you send me your xorg.conf?
Ps. THe mouse worked straight out of the box.
tijs schreef:
09/10/07
I will look at it tomorrow.
Calderon schreef:
09/10/07
thanks, i appreciate it.
Because the keyboard doesn't work at all. THis is what i get from dmesg when I plugged the reeiver in:
[ 655.912929] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input10
[ 655.912973] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.3-1
[ 655.941957] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input11
[ 655.942087] input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.3-1
tijs schreef:
10/10/07
<a href="http://gallery.verkoyen.eu/file/blog/xorg.conf" rel="nofollow">http://gallery.verkoyen.eu/file/blog/xorg.conf</a>, hope this helps
Ray schreef:
01/12/07
Hi,
just wanted to say this helped me a lot, i had been searching for help on the ubuntu forums too, but didnt find anything i (a new unexperienced user) could use.
Just wanted to ask, do your zoom buttons now work too? Mine dont... (not that it matters too much, the forward and backwards buttons matter most).
Thank you very much.
Ray
gto schreef:
30/12/07
for those who have trouble getting the keyboard working in linux: I got this working by installing the Logitech software in a Windows machine, then connect keyboard to RF receiver by pressing the little red buttons, set up encryption through the software. The keyboard should now work in Windows. Now just switch the USB RF receiver to the linux machine and the keyboard should work (just the regular keys; I have not found a way to reprogram the special keys).
Kyle schreef:
08/04/08
Copying and pasting the example into xorg.conf didn't work for me because it created some strange characters (I could see them via vim). Manually entering it and changing the identifier to what was specified in "Server Layout" worked without problems in Gusty. Zoom Buttons don't seem to work but the search button (The one by the zoom with the house glass) will act the same as clicking the wheel--which is great because I like to use it to paste highlighted text within a console window and clicking the middle button will often scroll by accident. Thank you for posting this!
Nidhi schreef:
08/05/08
Hi just found a new software for linux providing support for the Logitech devices. check out http://www.hidpoint.com
hope this helps.
Maypo schreef:
18/07/09
Thanks so much for pointing me to the HIDPoint driver! Works great with my MX3200 and Ubunto 9.04