Talk:HARDWARE Logitech V200 Cordless Mouse

From Gentoo Linux Wiki

[edit] V200 w/Monolithic X

I just recently switched from a Microsoft Explorer cordless mouse plugged into the PS/2 port to one of these V200 Cordless mice running through the USB port, and as you can see from the title I'm running monolithic X (xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6). It turned out I didn't have to change anything to make it work. Now, I already had USB HID support compiled into my kernel because I was already using a USB keyboard. I shut down my computer, unplugged the old mouse, plugged in the V200 and viola, it just worked. Here is the relevant section of my xorg.conf

 
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
  

It looks like the "auto" protocol is working for me! If you have upgraded to Modular X the "auto" protocol will not work, according to the Migrating to Modular X HOWTO

[edit] Tilt Wheel

What about tilt-wheel support? Does it work in Linux with this mouse (emulating button 6/7 for horizontal scrolling, for example)?

[edit] About Tilt Wheel

Tilt wheel works, but you need to use evdev driver for a mouse. Here is the relevant part of my xorg.conf section (see HOWTO Advanced Mouse for details on finding out your Device):

 Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Mouse1"
   Driver      "evdev"
   Option      "Protocol"     "Auto"
   Option      "Device"       "/dev/input/event1"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
   Option      "HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
 EndSection