Testing from Word 2007

Ken — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:41:55 +0000

Microsoft is sometimes helpful

Technology Saturday

Ken — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:37:25 +0000

I spend today having a blast with Teri’s crew. As part of a learning community professional development I gave a presentation on computer technology.

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How I got the Logitech LX8 Mouse to work in Linux

Ken — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:07:14 +0000

Today was black friday and I scored a new Logitech wireless laser mouse (LX8) for $15. However I was a little disappointed when my new Debian Lenny setup did not recognize at as anymore than a generic wheel mouse. Logitech is no help – it ignores the penguin in the house. But Google is my friend – at first a few dead ends, then I found these two sites that held the keys to get all of my mouse buttons working.

http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=HOWTO+Mouse+Buttons

http://linugadgetech.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-logitech-lx8-wireless-laser.html

After some head banging and scratching, I took ideas from each and came up with this in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

I added this section:

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Mouse[5]”
Driver      “evdev”
Option      “Device” “/dev/input/event5″ # (cat /proc/bus/input/devices)
Option      “Name” “Logitech LX8″
Option        “ButtonMapping”   “1 2 3 4 5 8 9 6 7″ #RH
EndSection

and replaced the system configured mouse entry in the ServerLayout Section like this:

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier    “Default Layout”
Screen        “Default Screen”
InputDevice    “Generic Keyboard”
#InputDevice    “Configured Mouse”
InputDevice    “Mouse[5]”
EndSection

The key was using Linerd’s button mapping option with Linux-Gamers’ xorg.conf section.
Be sure that you get your own event number for the line: Option “Device” “/dev/input/event5″ from cat /proc/bus/input/devices . Mine was 5, yours may be different.

Also I did not have success until I removed my orignal mouse. At first I had them both plugged in and I think it was messing with me.

Welcome

Ken — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:37:59 +0000

This is my new home on the web. I am am busy converting all of my clients to WordPress and the new server.

I am operating my web and design work out of Corvus Design and plan on keeping this site more geared to my personal life.

Check out some of my client links.

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