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theringmaster

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From: Air Force

Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 581

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HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

This bit of information was taken from a post at the ubuntu forums. It worked for me, enjoy!

Modify your Xorg.conf/XF86Config file to have this in the mouse section:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "MarbleMouse"
    Driver     "mouse"
    Option     "Protocol" "auto"
    Option     "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option     "Buttons" "5"
    Option     "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 6 7"
    Option     "EmulateWheel"  "true"
    Option     "EmulateWheelTimeout" "300"  # msec
    Option     "EmulateWheelButton"  "6"
    Option     "YAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

here is the exact post on the ubuntu forums.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … stcount=21

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

Bumping this old thread, because I figured out how to configure Marble mouse trackball so that it works with the latest xorg and hotplugging.  I described the procedure here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Log … otplugging
Note: xf86-input-evdev 2.1.0 is required for this solution to work.

FM41

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Registered: 2008-12-26

Posts: 11

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

thanks! works great

regards

andjjru

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Registered: 2009-02-18

Posts: 12

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

Hotplugging now automatically sets up the small buttons as forward/back.  Put an fdi in /etc/hal/fdi/policy as the wiki states, but after restarting hal and xorg only the left and right mouse buttons work.  Tried replacing "Logitech USB Trackball" with "ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse" for the hell of it, no change.  Any ideas?

<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.product" string="Logitech USB Trackball">
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">9</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

andjjru

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Registered: 2009-02-18

Posts: 12

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

Nevermind, fixed it.  Leaving the EmulateWheel button as 8 worked.  I misread the Wiki anyhow, I'm not a lefty.

Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

Would'nt the wiki be the place.

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muunleit

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-02-23

Posts: 234

Re: HOWTO: Get a logitech marble mouse to work w/scroll and more

Would'nt the wiki be the place.

It's in the wiki (=> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Log … ble_Mouse) since some month.

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