Using OpenSUSE 13.2 x86_64 | KDE
I use this mouse buttons to work as hot keys in apps
Anyone know how I can configure the buttons to work?
thanks
Well mouse config is done in xorg.conf or xorg.conf.d But to be honest it is more art then science.
You can use ‘xbindkeys’ to achieve this, and I understand there is a GUI utility (xbindkeys-config) available as well
https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=✓&q=xbindkeys
This guide might be useful
http://blog.hanschen.org/2009/10/13/mouse-shortcuts-with-xbindkeys/
woe , thanks…looked and loaded and blew my mind…going to have consult the gods here on how to understand the instructions on that page.guess ill have to chip at this with a bigger hammer…meaning that it is way complicated for my thinking…:|. guess ill settle with just using the two buttons that work atm.
thanks for the replies…
Maybe the graphical utility will simply the configuration process for you. Give that a shot. 
I installed the app and gui and at fisrt didnt see it loaded in the menu…and retried the install. It still dint show as a recent install …so i figured next that ‘maybe’ i have to type in “xbindkeys” in the run command field…and their it was so i selected it to start …and it didn’t start either. …so then i figured…maybe type it in the terminal…you know Linux…terminal this and terminal that…so it typed in
“xbindkeys” in the terminal and It fired up I looked at it for a good 3 minutes…and was lost…closed it and kicked the cat and then sat here to type what I did…and then tried to open it again
this error showed up
"Error : /home/me/.xbindkeysrc not found or reading not allowed.
please, create one with 'xbindkeys --defaults > /home/me/.xbindkeysrc'.
I don’t know any more…im sure it still loaded…i was lucky to even get think outside my tiny box to even get it to load the first time…
I just figured things that load from yast should show in the recently installed at the least.
this one took off into the code and parked itself there and expected me to know how to find it…and then when i did…
anyway…
thanks for the try guys…Im not good at linuxing…
I can do without those buttons at this point…just two little buttons…lol
Did you do what the program told you to do to make it’s config.
xbindkeys --defaults > /home/me/.xbindkeysrc
replace me with your user name or you could
xbindkeys --defaults > ~/.xbindkeysrc
~/ which is short hand for you home directory
I admit this program seems a bit odd but some program’s install rpms are just not set to go to the menu.
sorry…nope didn’t make config…don’t
get how to …not even from reading that lol
sorry:shame:
im the papa noob, my kids say
Ill wait to ask my son when he comes over again…
thanks for responding
In a terminal, do
xbindkeys --defaults > ~/.xbindkeysrc
That will create an initial configuration file.
Start xbindkeys with
xbindkeys
BTW, it can made to start automatically when your desktop environment starts. Let us know which DE you’re using, and we can advise further.
You can configure desired hot keys using the graphical utility
xbindkeys_config
A little bit of effort will be required though.
For KDE to autostart xbindkeys do
System Settings >> Startup and Shutdown >> Autostart >> Add Script, add the shell script path /usr/bin/xbindkeys, click ‘Ok’ when done
Alternatively, this can be achieved from a terminal window using
ln -s /usr/bin/xbindkeys ~/.kde4/Autostart/xbindkeys
When KDE is next started, xbindkeys will be started as well and will process any captured hotkey events defined in the config file.