
- Use universe repository in apt
- Install imwheel
- Do some changes in xorg.conf
- Do some changes in imwheelrc
- Create an X session startup script
Use universe repository
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager
Settings>Repositories
Add>Community Maintained (Universe)
Install imwheel
sudo apt-get install imwheel
Do some changes in xorg.conf
here is mine:
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,el"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Option "XkbVariant" "basic,extended"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX"
Driver "s3virge"
BusID "PCI:1:10:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA6200"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:5:00:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung 757DFX"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LG L1915S"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Big Screen"
Device "NVIDIA6200"
Monitor "LG L1915S"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1360x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX"
Monitor "Samsung 757DFX"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Screen 1 "Big Screen" LeftOf "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
In /etc/X11/imwheel/imwheelrc append these configuration options:
".*"
None, Up, Alt_L|Left
None, Down, Alt_L|Right
"(null)"
None, Up, Alt_L|Left
None, Down, Alt_L|Right
Create /usr/local/bin/mouse (and chmod +x it):
#!/bin/bash
exec xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" &
exec imwheel -k -b "67" &
exec $REALSTARTUP
and use it in X startup:
System>Preferences>Sessions>Startup Programs>Add>/usr/local/bin/mouse
That's it! This article was first written using vim.