Mouse and track ball working together in leopard

i just upgraded to a new 8 core from a dual g5 tiger. 1 thing i was able to do with out loading the logitech drivers... which when reading forums ,is nothing but trouble.with tiger g5 i was able to connect my mouse for right hand and logitech marble track ball for left. then in preferences i could set system preferences primary mouse button to right so ican use my thumb left hand. now with new computer and mouse it doesn't allow that. any ideas how to make it work how i want it
thanks

HI,
Check the Logitech site to see if you can update a driver for the mouse. Read the information carefully to make sure this is the software you need. It supports Macintosh OS X OS 10.3.9, 10.4.x, 10.5.x
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/494/3129&cl=us,en
As with any software update, repair disk permissions after you finish installing the software.
Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select FirstAid, then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.
Carolyn

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