Fedora/CentOS with a Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000

So I’m working on some linux software and am running linux on my desktop. One of my major pet peeves every time I go back to a linux desktop is that out of the box my button 4 and 5 don’t work correctly under firefox. Here’s the fix.

Under Fedora Core 5, use this:

cat > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh <<-EOF
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh
# Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 8 9 4 5 6 7 10 11"
EOF
chmod a+x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh

Under CentOS 4 / RHEL4, use this:

cat > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh <<-EOF "
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh
# Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 "
EOF
chmod a+x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/mouse.sh

And then use the following for the mouse inputdevice:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
        Option      "Buttons"   "7"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection