On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:37:45 -0400, gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote:

> On 10/25/17 07:20, Cág wrote:
> > Natasha Kerensikova wrote:
> >  
> >> it started as a bug report: it have a 5-button mouse with a wheel,
> >> even though I don't use much the buttons 4 and 5 (I think only for
> >> previous and next in firefox history). I recently switched to
> >> OpenBSD, and I was surprised to find these buttons cause
> >> scrolling, like the wheel. If this behavior is intended, the rest
> >> of this e-mail is moot.  
> >
> > This isn't a bug apparently. Are the extra buttons recognised by
> > xev? If they are, remap them with xmodmap(1). If they aren't, well,
> > then it should be done by xf86-input-evdev or libinput. There's
> > been some work in FreeBSD, and the drivers are in ports, but
> > OpenBSD doesn't have them. 
> I use a 4-button Logitech trackball mouse. It required remapping in
> xmodmap to make it work.
> Yes, xev showed enough information to see "button up" and "button
> down" events to use as input to xmodmap.

Do you mind sharing your configuration?

Cheers,
Daniel

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