I'm on Xubuntu 16:04 and trying to configure my laptop - with USB
mouse Logitech RX250 for Blender which uses a lot of middle mouse
buttons
but I'm stymied:
xinput --list
gives:------------------------------
â Virtual core pointerÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=2ÂÂ Â[master
pointer (3)]
â â Virtual core XTEST pointer  Âid=4 Â[slaveÂ
pointer (2)]
â â Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse  Âid=11 Â[slaveÂ
pointer (2)]
â â SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad  Âid=13 Â[slaveÂ
pointer (2)]
â Virtual core keyboardÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=3ÂÂ Â[master
keyboard (2)]
ÂÂÂ â Virtual core XTEST keyboardÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=5ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â Power ButtonÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=6ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â Video BusÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=7ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â Power ButtonÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=8ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â Sleep ButtonÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=9ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â Chicony USB 2.0 CameraÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=10ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
ÂÂÂ â AT Translated Set 2 keyboardÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Âid=12ÂÂ Â[slaveÂ
keyboard (3)]
-------------------------------------
and $ xinput --list-props 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse'
gives:
--------------------------------------
Device 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse':
ÂÂÂ Device Enabled (137):ÂÂÂ 1
ÂÂÂ Coordinate Transformation Matrix (139):ÂÂÂ 1.000000, 0.000000,
0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000,
1.000000
ÂÂÂ Device Accel Profile (268):ÂÂÂ 0
ÂÂÂ Device Accel Constant Deceleration (269):ÂÂÂ 1.000000
ÂÂÂ Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (270):ÂÂÂ 1.000000
ÂÂÂ Device Accel Velocity Scaling (271):ÂÂÂ 10.000000
ÂÂÂ Device Product ID (257):ÂÂÂ 1133, 49232
ÂÂÂ Device Node (258):ÂÂÂ "/dev/input/event7"
ÂÂÂ Evdev Axis Inversion (272):ÂÂÂ 0, 0
ÂÂÂ Evdev Axes Swap (274):ÂÂÂ 0
ÂÂÂ Axis Labels (275):ÂÂÂ "Rel X" (147), "Rel Y" (148), "Rel Horiz
Wheel" (266), "Rel Vert Wheel" (267)
ÂÂÂ Button Labels (276):ÂÂÂ "Button Left" (140), "Button Middle"
(141), "Button Right" (142), "Button Wheel Up" (143), "Button
Wheel Down" (144), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (145), "Button Horiz
Wheel Right" (146), "Button Side" (261), "Button Extra" (262),
"Button Forward" (263), "Button Back" (264), "Button Task" (265),
"Button Unknown" (260), "Button Unknown" (260), "Button Unknown"
(260), "Button Unknown" (260)
ÂÂÂ Evdev Scrolling Distance (277):ÂÂÂ 1, 1, 1
ÂÂÂ Evdev Middle Button Emulation (278):ÂÂÂ 0
ÂÂÂ Evdev Middle Button Timeout (279):ÂÂÂ 50
ÂÂÂ Evdev Third Button Emulation (280):ÂÂÂ 0
ÂÂÂ Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (281):ÂÂÂ 1000
ÂÂÂ Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (282):ÂÂÂ 3
ÂÂÂ Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (283):ÂÂÂ 20
ÂÂÂ Evdev Wheel Emulation (284):ÂÂÂ 0
ÂÂÂ Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (285):ÂÂÂ 0, 0, 4, 5
ÂÂÂ Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (286):ÂÂÂ 10
ÂÂÂ Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (287):ÂÂÂ 200
ÂÂÂ Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (288):ÂÂÂ 4
ÂÂÂ Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (289):ÂÂÂ 0
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I've tried xinput --set-prop 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical
Mouse' 'Evdev Wheel Emulation Button' 3
where 3 is a variety pf numbers tried but nothing seems to get
MMB emulation working on blender.
Any clues?
Tom te tom te tom