Bug 2530

Summary:	Xmodmap on AMD64 cannot handle more than 5 buttons
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	justin.moser
Component:	* Other	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	lowest	CC:	alan.coopersmith, eich, roland.mainz
Version:	6.8.0
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux (All)
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description justin.moser 2005-02-12 12:12:18 UTC

for some reason, when xorg is compiled in 64bit, xmodmap doesn't work quite  
right. it is fine if you want to remap the traditional 3 buttons and two wheel 
events. however, if you have a 5 button mouse (that is, 5 buttons and the two 
scroll wheel "buttons"), when you run xmodmap to remap the buttons, the system 
can no longer see the extra buttons. i have confirmed this using "xev." 
However, i use xmodmap from a 32bit install of xorg (it's on another partition) 
and it works fine. 
 
probably not important as it can be worked around, but it still might not be a 
bad idea to fix this problem. probably has something to do with how it is 
compiled on AMD64.

Comment 1 Roland Mainz 2005-02-14 07:45:47 UTC

CC:'ing some people who have access to AMD64 machines...

Comment 2 justin.moser 2005-03-02 04:17:02 UTC

hrmmmm. i reinstalled Linux recently, which means i recompiled x.org. i used
different CFLAGS this time, and this time Xmodmap functions properly. went ape
with the CFLAGs last time so that probably explains it.

my fault, in other words.

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