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