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ok so i have a G15 Keyboard, the older 1 with the blue lights and 18 G keys, and i have the new G5 mouse, the blue 1 with 5 buttons... i was wondering how do i get these to install and function properly. i found tutorials for the old G5 mouse with only 1 thumb button, but i want both to work, right now my 2 thumb buttons are doubling as right click and mouse wheel click... i use those buttons in most of my games so it would be nice if there was a way to do it. thanks

I have a G5 and while I was able to get the buttons to work using this tutorial, it wouldn't work quite right. The mouse buttons would work, but on reboot it would boot into low res mode. I think there was/is a conflict with the evdev driver.

This happened with both a n 8600GT and an 8800GT. When I reverted back to the standard xorg.conf the problem went away.

yea i read that, but its for the g5 with only 1 side button, i have the 1 with 2 side buttons



is there a way i can get the 2nd button to work, and where can i get evdev when i set that in my xorg.conf then move my mouse after a restart, my pc gives me an error then goes to recovery mode and i have to edit the config there to get back

Edit: i tried that tutorial, and when ever i try to load the mouse driver as evdev my xserver fails..... i commented it out then restarted and got back in, i checked and it says i have it installed.... what could be the problem?

I am not sure on the g5, but I can help with getting the g15 running in linux. The programs set you need to install is called g15Tools. You need to install the libg15, libg15render, then from the G15daemon site install the g15Daemoin 1.9.5.3. Once those are install run g15daemon, I believe this has to be done as root, I cannot fully remember as mine start at boot. That should display a large clock on the screen. Each of the soft buttons changes the screen layout.

To get the g keys functioning as macros, download and install the G15Macro program. This will enable the MR key to record the macros. With this all three sets will work according to the M key selected.

The g15daemon site has a few fun tools to play with. G15stats is a system monitor and there are a few music player plugins.

G15daemon
libG15 files

On 7.10 evdev is installed by default, but I think on earlier versions you need to go into the Synaptic Package Manager to install it.

I also have the two button version and using the xmodmap command I could get both buttons working. Like I said, it worked but on reboot it would go to low res mode and I haven't tried again to get everything playing nice together. Maybe it works better in 7.04.

o.O i followd all the instructions and when it tells me to start the daemon i typed g15daemon

and its telling me this




i installed libg15render about 9 times too




im on 7.04

wow something isnt right, i cant move my mouse and press a key at the same time, i was playing a game and i couldnt look and move together so i thought it was wine, but its not i tried after i quit the game, i held a random key and moved the mouse and the cursor didnt move, but when i lifted the key the cursor flew to the position

Heh, they said they fixed that. Anyways here is how to fix it. Use you favorite text editor to open the file /etc/ld.so.conf You will need to be root for this. Make sure that /usr/local/lib is in the file. If is not do the following. If the file is blank you need to insert "include /usr/local/lib"(without the quotes) else if there is already an include in the file just add "/usr/local/lib"(without the quotes) to a new line. Once you do this run ldconfig. That should solve the issue.

nice it worked , now i just need to set up the macro manager and some other stuff... oh, just a question, since i migrated from XP can i use my .lgp profiles with the macro manager?


and i need to get my G5 to work too

edit, i just tried to install the macro thing and it said this...
can i obtain this through synaptics? or through a download?

As far as I know the XP .lgp will not work. As far as the g15Macro issue you need to install the Xorg development files. They should be in the Synaptic Package Manager. I am running Fedora and they are called x11-xorg-devel, but I believe they may also be listed under libX11-dev or xserver-xorg-dev. Different distro list them under different names.

How about getting the Desktop Wave to get it's buttons to work in Ubuntu?

well i upgraded to gusty, and now i have no display.........

Are you getting any display as in is it dropping to the command line or is it just a black screen? If you are getting just a black screen try pressing ctrl-alt-f1 or ctrl-alt-f2 depending on the distro. That should bring you to a command line login where you can reconfig your display.

hmm for some reason now my keyboard isnt working, i can tell because i have the G15 and the screen isnt lit up when it lights up i can use it weird...

ill restart and try again


Edit: nope didnt work, the light on my monitor is blinking like as if my pc were off, im guessing its getting no output from my video card, so what should i do?

i can boot into recovery mode to get to the command line. if that will help me then what should i do? i also find this funny how every one here is faster to respond and more willing to help then the people at ubunutforums.org i think i had my post up there for an hour or so and nothing....

The fact the monitor is powering off is beyond my scope. My guess is something is off in the X settings but I cannot say for sure. I do not know how Ubuntu handles certain errors. Are you running drivers from ATI or NVidia?

nvidia (169.12 x64 installed).... im downloading Gentoo right now, idk if it will make a difference, but its worth a try

If you updated your kernel it might need the drivers reinstalled, but normally that still gives you a error message.

well im trying now to reinstall my video, but when i try to download the drivers from Nvidia with wget, and from my FTP server, i get the same error, bad or missing command or sumthing like that, i even tried putting it on my thumb drive, but when i do

cd /media
dir

i only see my Cd Drives, and i dont feel like wasting a 700mb cd-r for a 20 mb file

Try this to get basic video back. Edit the /etc/X11xorg.conf
This is the Xserver configuration. Go down to the "Section "Device" " section. You should see Drive "nvidia". Replace nvidia with "vesa" So your config section should like something alone the lines of
save that. Reboot and that should bring your video back.

The vesa driver is the default video card driver. Once you get your video back try reinstalling the video drivers then.

i reinstalled ubuntu >_> didnt have much.. i had it all on my external hard drive, just i have to install all my games again ugh... hopefully gusty is better now. so i can get my g5 and g15 to work