Happy to see this, sort of. I, too, am using a Trackman Marble, but I am using it with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (yes, I know I need to upgrade.) Looking at this fix, I went to xorg.conf and there is nothing. So, what does Ubuntu use in place of xorg?
Thanks, Michael On May 30, 2017 06:42, "Rich Shepard" <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2017, Tom wrote: > > > Perhaps the rule (MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball") is not matching > > your TrackBall thingy. If you have hwinfo in Slackware, run following > > command to see what is your Mouse/Trackpad advertising: hwinfo --mouse > > Tom, > > Bingo! I would have never thought of this. I had an entry for a > SlackBuilds.org package, but no executable. Downloaded the current version > of hwinfo (and the dependency of libx86emu), built and installed both, and > ran 'hwinfo --mouse': > > [root@salmo ~]# hwinfo --mouse > 42: PS/2 00.0: 10500 PS/2 Mouse > [Created at input.249] > Unique ID: AH6Q.bGO0sOimOM3 > Hardware Class: mouse > Model: "ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse" > Vendor: 0x0002 > Device: 0x0006 "ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse" > Compatible to: int 0x0210 0x0025 > Device File: /dev/input/mice (/dev/input/mouse0) > Device Files: /dev/input/mice, /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/event3, > /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse, > / /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-1-mouse, /dev/mouse > Device Number: char 13:63 (char 13:32) > Driver Info #0: > Buttons: 5 > Wheels: 2 > XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2 > GPM Protocol: exps2 > Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown > > Modifying /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf's MatchProduct line to the > model/device name and re-starting X allows the trackball to scroll (hold > left little button, B, while rolling the marble) and paste highlighted text > (press both small buttons, B and C, simultansiously). A bit awkward but > I'll > get used to it. > > Thanks very much for the lesson and the solution, > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug