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Cyborg RAT 3 Mouse and Kubuntu 12.10 - I can't get the guides to work

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I am trying to get my Cyborg RAT 3 Mouse (or R.A.T. 3) to work on Kubuntu 12.10 64bit. There are plenty of guides to get it working; they all say you need to add a few lines to the xorg.conf file. Here is an example of one suggestion on Ubuntu Forums:



# RAT3 mouse

Section "InputClass"

Identifier "Mouse Remap"

MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.3 Mouse"

MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"

Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 13 14"

EndSection

The mentioned configuration does not work. After opening a few windows, the same issues occur again. I have lost track of all of the countless guides, which all suggest adding a variation of the above configuration. I don't like this hit-or-miss game of searching for guides; I have no clue WHAT exactly that configuration is doing. I tried to look at the xorg website for information, but I can't find anything. The manual page for the xorg.conf file doesn't even mention "InputClass" or "ButtonMapping".

I am willing to try another configuration if it worked for you. I would really like to understand what is going on here, though. I would greatly appreciate an explanation of what those settings are doing, or a link to documentation so I can try to fix it on my own. I am going to further look up documentation and will edit this post when I find anything.

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answered 2 Years ago afyess · Accepted Answer

Well, I eventually determined that with the xorg.conf I mentioned above from Ubuntu Forums, it works until I press either of the mode buttons (one changed a colored LED, and another changes the sensitivity of the pointer). Using an answer to another askubuntu question about R.A.T.3 mice, I was able to figure out that buttons 10 through 14 correlate to those mode buttons. So in the above configuration, I changed 13 and 14 to 0's, and now it works! Here is the configuration I am currently using:



Section "InputClass"

Identifier "Mouse Remap"

MatchProduct "Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3 Mouse"

MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"

Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 0 0"

EndSection

The functionality of the two mode buttons is preserved, as they operate with the mouse's on-board firmware. Although I changed the MatchProduct line, but it appears that the configuration works either way.