Logitech Marble Mouse and Xorg 1.8

With the update to xorg 1.8, fdi files in /etc/hal/fdi/policy are no longer being used.
I created a workaround for my Marble Mouse by creating a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-marblemouse.conf
Then I added the following cote to it:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Marble Mouse"
MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 2"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection
I know the xorg.conf.d directory should be left for .conf snippets from the distro maintainers. I hope the above helps someone get their Marble Mouse working.
Now that I have it working as a snippet I'm going to try making the change to xorg.conf and see if that works.

Perhaps a bit off-topic though on the topic of trackballs... My Kensington Expert Mouse worked nicely in Xorg 1.8 without configuration. The only problem was that I prefer the two upper buttons reversed. Here is the xorg.conf section for configuring it:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Kensington Expert Mouse"
Driver "evdev"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchProduct "Kensington Expert Mouse"
MatchVendor "Kensington"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "CorePointer"
# Upper buttons: left=browser back, right=middle click
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2"
EndSection
Last edited by wulax (2010-06-22 09:33:17)

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