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DrNoob

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Registered: 2017-03-12

Posts: 11

MadCatz mouse key not working

Hi, I've been using a MadCatz RAT5 mouse for a long time. I used to use it on Windows, where I had specific software made by MadCatz. With this official software I had no issues but now, I'm using ArchLinux and I can't get the thumb scroll working. Here you can see what I'm talking about:

All the others keys and stuff works nice. I haven't done anything special to get the mouse working at first(no special drivers). The most important thing is, if I read from the device(sudo cat /dev/inputX), I get output from everything except this...
I've read wiki page about MadCatz mouse, but I couldn't find anything.
I think kernel does not support this, but anyway, hope is the last thing you lose
Thank you very much

jasonwryan

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Re: MadCatz mouse key not working

I've read wiki page about MadCatz mouse, but I couldn't find anything.

That is not helpful. What did you actually try? Please read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, and then include the exact steps you took, as described on the wiki.

Moving to NC...

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kgtuning

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From: New Hampshire

Registered: 2015-09-30

Posts: 60

Re: MadCatz mouse key not working

Hi, I've been using a MadCatz RAT5 mouse for a long time. I used to use it on Windows, where I had specific software made by MadCatz. With this official software I had no issues but now, I'm using ArchLinux and I can't get the thumb scroll working. Here you can see what I'm talking about:
http://jawasrejects.com/wp-content/uplo … 5_mb_C.jpg
All the others keys and stuff works nice. I haven't done anything special to get the mouse working at first(no special drivers). The most important thing is, if I read from the device(sudo cat /dev/inputX), I get output from everything except this...
I've read wiki page about MadCatz mouse, but I couldn't find anything.
I think kernel does not support this, but anyway, hope is the last thing you lose
Thank you very much

Sooo did you do what the wiki said to do? I only have a rat3 but adding the config file made a night and day difference.

DrNoob

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Registered: 2017-03-12

Posts: 11

Re: MadCatz mouse key not working

Despite I'm happy because you offer to help me, I must tell you:

That is not helpful. What did you actually try? Please read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, and then include the exact steps you took, as described on the wiki.

Moving to NC...

I think you are being slightly impolite when answering. When I wrote that I meant, and I mean that I tried everything to make this work. In my opinion, explaining step by step what I tried(which it's exactly the same as wiki says to do)wouldn't be helpful to people who try to help me. It would be different if what I would try was something different from a web page that tells you what to do carefully. Anyway, if you think I must write step by step what I do, please tell me and I'll do in the next post.
I don't know the reason you have to move my post to NC, but I'll omit it. I considered this was a kernel/hardware problem since I think the problem here is kernel can't actually read my mouse's key, which it's a hardware component. Please correct me if I'm wrong in my reasoning.

Sooo did you do what the wiki said to do? I only have a rat3 but adding the config file made a night and day difference.

Yes I did. However, I tried again with no luck. There isn't any point where I think it's obvious to get the config from, but what I tried was:

Section "InputClass"
   Identifier "Mad Catz R.A.T. 5"
   MatchProduct "Mad Catz Mad Catz R.A.T.5 Mouse"
   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
   Option "Buttons" "21"
   Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 9 8 7 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
   Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 11 10"
   Option "AutoReleaseButtons" "13 14 15"
EndSection

replacing /dev/input/event* with my mouse's number

By the way, thanks you both of you