Mouse multimedia buttons - xbindkeys mouse detection

[magichands]

Hi all. Can anybody give me some pointers for getting my mouses additional buttons to work?

I've installed xbindkeys and have been playing with it, but I'm having trouble identifying what b:? value to use for the various buttons. I've tried the xbindkeys -k command but that seems to only be detecting keyboard presses, not mouse input. Is there another way to determine what button is what on the mouse so I can fill out the rest of the xbindkeys config file? Thanks!

[magichands]

OK, I've figured out the mouse mappings. For anybody interested, here are the mouse mappings for xbindkeys and the Logitech MX Revolution Mouse

b:4 - Scroll Up
b:5 - Scroll Down
b:6 - Left Scroll
b:7 - Right Scroll
b:8 - Back
b:9 - Forward
b:13 - Thumb Scroll up
b:15 - Thumb Scroll Down
b:16 - Thumb Wheel press

[magichands]

Ok, so I've gotten it to work using a combination of xbindkeys and xdotool.

So for others, here are the steps I completed.

1. Install xbindkeys

sudo apt-get install xbindkeys

2. Create a default xbindkeys config file

xbindkeys -d > ~/.xbindkeysrc

3. Install xdotool

sudo apt-get install xdotool

4. Add the following lines to the ~/.xbindkeysrc file

#VOL UP
"xdotool key XF86AudioRaiseVolume"
b:13

#VOL DOWN
"xdotool key XF86AudioLowerVolume"
b:15

#VOL MUTE
"xdotool key XF86AudioMute"
b:16

[jlittle]

Thank you.

John Little