multibutton mouse x-755k a4tech issues

[Peter Hutterer]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:12:58PM +0100, Paulo Silva wrote:
> i found somewhere that the mouse on gnu/linux is drived over x.org
> the problem is i can't configure the extra mouse buttons from x-755k a4tech
> 
> the usual left+right+wheel buttons are working fine, but...
> 
> http://loadsys.pt/images/A4Tech_X-755K.jpg
> 
> from the picture above we see a thumb 'button' with 5 buttons - the
> red one in the center, and a directional one around it
> 
> the wheel can also be slided to left and right, what means two more buttons
> 
> counting them, there are 7 customizable buttons i can't use on
> gnu-linux - i tried editing xorg.conf , or using btnx or imwheel,
> unsuccessfully

do these buttons send events? what's the evtest output for those?

Cheers,
  Peter