<div dir="ltr">I'm no expert, but I had a similar issue with one of the multimedia keys on my laptop.<br>The answer I got was: if there's no output, then it's not supported by the kernel.<br>There might be something you could do about it, but I don't know what.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all, first off I must confess that this is a crosspost. I posted a<br>
similar question to the Debian list, then to the Fedora list, but it's<br>
not getting very far and I know that there are some smart folks here<br>
who could probably help.<br>
<br>
I have a nice new Teac OX-1100 mouse with two extra multimedia buttons<br>
that supposedly perform the Zoom functions in Windows. When I try to<br>
get the scancodes with "xev", "xbindkeys -k", "showkey", or "showkey<br>
-s" then I see no output. There are some other functional keys on this<br>
mouse which also show no output with those tools, such as the side<br>
scroll feature, so I suspect that there must be _some_ way to get the<br>
codes.<br>
<br>
Other than Xev, Xbindkeys, and Showkey, what tools can I use? I<br>
specifically bought this mouse because of the location of the two<br>
extra keys, as I have a manual disability and cannot use the special<br>
keys of regular mice.<br>
<br>
This is the rodent:<br>
✈ganymede:~$ grep -i mouse /var/log/Xorg.0.log<br>
[ 15.197] (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled<br>
[ 15.289] (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Found 1<br>
mouse buttons<br>
[ 15.289] (II) Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000:<br>
Configuring as mouse<br>
[ 15.292] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MLK OX-1100<br>
wireless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event2)<br>
[ 15.292] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Applying<br>
InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"<br>
[ 15.292] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Applying<br>
InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"<br>
[ 15.292] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: always reports core events<br>
[ 15.292] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event2"<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found 9 mouse buttons<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found relative axes<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found absolute axes<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Found keys<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse<br>
[ 15.300] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: Configuring as keyboard<br>
[ 15.300] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping:<br>
buttons 4 and 5<br>
[ 15.300] (**) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse:<br>
EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout:<br>
200<br>
[ 15.300] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MLK OX-1100<br>
wireless Laser Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD)<br>
[ 15.301] (II) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: initialized for<br>
relative axes.<br>
[ 15.301] (WW) MLK OX-1100 wireless Laser Mouse: ignoring absolute axes.<br>
[ 15.301] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MLK OX-1100<br>
wireless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)<br>
<br>
<br>
However, 10 of the 12 buttons work, not just the 9 that it found. I've<br>
tried to google a picture of the mouse, I see no info on Teac mice<br>
even on the Teac website. The buttons are "zoom" buttons that I<br>
suppose are activated by a Windows driver on the OS that the package<br>
states that it "supports".<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any advice on how to continue!<br>
<br>
--<br>
Dotan Cohen<br>
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