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#1 2009-09-26 02:29:35

imchairmanm
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Registered: 2009-09-26
Posts: 13

Mx Revolution mouse button captured before xbindkeys.

Hello!  I'm not new to linux but very new to Arch and it's amazing so far.  I've been figuring everything pretty well so far, but I have one problem that I don't know how to solve.

I have an Mx Revolution mouse that has quite a few buttons that I've been working to map.  I've been using a combination of xbindkeys and xvkbc as I've seen suggested and it's working well in general.  However, the thumb wheel press button isn't taking any of the mappings that I'm giving it.  According to all of the information I've read, it's referenced as "b:17".  I'm getting a warning message that one of my keys is being captured by another program, and since the thumb wheel button is the only one I've mapped that isn't working correctly, I have to assume that this is what the warning is referring to.

Here's the output of xbindkeys -n -v:
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$  xbindkeys -n -v
displayName = :0
rc file = /home/justin/.xbindkeysrc
rc guile file = /home/justin/.xbindkeysrc.scm
getting rc guile file /home/justin/.xbindkeysrc.scm.
WARNING : /home/justin/.xbindkeysrc.scm not found or reading not allowed.
7 keys in /home/justin/.xbindkeysrc

min_keycode=8     max_keycode=255 (ie: know keycodes)
"/usr/bin/xvkbc -text "\[Control_L]w"
    m:0x0 + b:17   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Alt_L]\[Left]""
    m:0x0 + b:8   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Alt_L]\[Right]""
    m:0x0 + b:9   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Control_L]\[Page_Up]""
    m:0x0 + b:13   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Control_L]\[Page_Down]""
    m:0x0 + b:15   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Left]""
    m:0x0 + b:6   (mouse)
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -text "\[Right]""
    m:0x0 + b:7   (mouse)
starting loop...

*** Warning ***
Please verify that there is not another program running
which captures one of the keys captured by xbindkeys.
It seems that there is a conflict, and xbindkeys can't
grab all the keys defined in its configuration file.


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I've tried to switch the commands up to see if the syntax was wrong, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. Is there any way to figure out what program is grabbing the button press?  I've searched and I can't figure out how to find what's intercepting it.  Any ideas?

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#2 2009-10-24 17:54:27

davidcaiazzo
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Registered: 2009-10-24
Posts: 1

Re: Mx Revolution mouse button captured before xbindkeys.

I have the same mouse and had the same problem. I found using easystroke to map all my buttons and actions for certain apps worked very well.
-Dave

Last edited by davidcaiazzo (2009-10-24 17:54:46)

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