Bug 250122

Summary:	Request for configuration tool for extra buttons of mice and keyboards
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.2	Reporter:	Yasha Gindikin <gindikin>
Component:	SaX2	Assignee:	Marcus Schaefer <ms>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
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Description Yasha Gindikin 2007-03-01 11:04:20 UTC

It would be nice for SuSe to allow for a simple configuration of extra buttons of mice and keyboards. The configuration of extra mice buttons through xorg.conf is too complicated for an average user, so many users simply leave the extra buttons unused, which is not making Linux more user-friendly in their eyes. The same applies to multimedia buttons of modern keyboards. In Windows we have e.g.  Logitech drivers that allow for a simple and quick configuration. Presently there are serious advances in Linux configuration tools, see the keyTouch project (http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/). Why not implement the tool similar to the keyTouch, but also with the mice support, directly in Sax2?

Comment 1 Marcus Schaefer 2007-03-01 11:54:26 UTC

I think configurations like that are better done on the desktop systems
The big advantage there is that you can do changes on the fly which sax2
can't do because it writes persistent data to the xorg.conf

Comment 2 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:19:49 UTC

mass reopening all 10.2 LATER+REMIND bugs.

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:24:07 UTC

close all 10.2 LATER/REMIND bugs as WONTFIX. Reopen yourself if you still plan to work on it.