multibutton mouse x-755k a4tech issues

[Paulo Silva]

well, i don't know how evtest works...

guest at macbook_mint1 ~ $ evtest /dev/mouse
evtest: No such file or directory
guest at macbook_mint1 ~ $ evtest /dev/psaux
evtest: Permission denied
You do not have access to /dev/psaux. Try running as root instead.
guest at macbook_mint1 ~ $ sudo !!
sudo evtest /dev/psaux
[sudo] password for guest:
evtest: can't get version: Inappropriate ioctl for device
guest at macbook_mint1 ~ $

anyway, i'm starting to think this a4tech x755k mouse is a programable
one, which acts as both mouse and keyboard ( btw, OSX 10.4.11
(dual-boot with Ubuntu and Mint) recognized it as a keyboard...) - and
the box and pdf manual says it has a 16kb memory for storing key
combos and macros (which would be great for using on Blender, window
managers, etc..), sent by a mswindows-only (argh...) editor which
doesn't works decently on wine - but i have no idea about how it
works, since i'm more comfortable with those common 3-button mices
with wheel

if this issue is related to another tool (for linux, on terminal or
gui), for sending some binary information (key combos, macros, etc.)
to these mices, please let me know what should be used...

thanks a lot and cheers,
p.

On 7/28/11, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> 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
>


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