MS Intellimouse in Mandrake 9, problem

[techwise]

Ok,

I have Mandrake 9 KDE 3 and x v4.***

I have a MS Intellimouse Explorer.

There is an option in the config for this exact mouse but when I select it anl apply it it wont take the setting.

Whenever I go back to the config, it has switched back to the 2 button wheel mouse.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks a mil.

Mike

[mdwatts]

Is that a PS/2 mouse?

You can manually edit (as root) your /etc/X11/XF86Config (-4) and add/modify the following to the InputDevice section.


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection


Change Buttons to 3 and ZAxisMapping to "4 5" for a 3 button mouse.

Leave Driver and Identifier as is.

[DJ1MK]

I'm a complete noob to Linux. Have yet to get my mouse to work. Same exact mouse as Techwise. How do I get go about getting to /etc/X11/XF86Config? I need to do this without my mouse :(

[JThundley]

I have an Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 (PS/2) which works great, but my life would be a lot easier if I could use my beloved side (thumb) buttons in Linux. I've tried to bind them in Control Center, but nothing recognizes them. Has anyone gotten their side buttons to work?