Thinkpad x61 with Ubuntu: Getting the 3rd mouse button to work.

There are two different methods I found, which work for different version of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.10

First, copy/paste below

<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge>
</match>

Then, make a new file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

sudo vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

Insert a new line by hitting the letter i
Paste by hitting shift+ctrl+v
Save and quit by typing :wq
Reboot.
That’s it, pretty hard eh?

Ubuntu 7.10

Replace the mouse entry of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following (its a good idea to back up your xorg.conf before making any changes):

Section "InputDevice"
 
Identifier "Mouse1"
 
Driver "mouse"
 
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" # IMPS/2 is not recommend for TrackPoints
 
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
 
Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "200"
 
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
 
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
 
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
 
EndSection

Reboot.

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2 Responses to “Thinkpad x61 with Ubuntu: Getting the 3rd mouse button to work.”

  1. Avatarvmagecic
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
    1

    You don’t have to reboot when changing xorg.conf. You just need to restart X. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will restart X.

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  2. AvatarWarren
    Posted: Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:22 am
    2

    In response to above: Another way is if you have a shell open, init 3 (IMO the only init for Linux =P), then init 5. 3 vs. 5 is merely without/with X. 4 as you may know, is unused, unless you put it to use. =P

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