Button 4 (#8) on trackball, now seen as button 2

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 12/01/2016 09:04 AM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>     I've got Ubuntu 16.10 running as a guest in Virtualbox (current), 
> on a Mac OSX 10.10.5 host. Uses a Kensington Expert Mouse USB 
> trackball, the one with the scroll ring.
>
> Bottom left button is normal left, XEV shows as button 1.
>
> Bottom right is normal right, shows as button 3
>
> Top left is normal middle, shows as 2.
>
> However, the top right used to act a a Back button (for web browsing & 
> such) should be 8, but xev now shows it as 2, and it acts that way.
>
> A Logitech trackball in the same machine shows all 4 buttons working 
> as expected.
>
> For Virtualbox, I've tried all 3 options - PS/2 mouse, Trackpad, and 
> Multi-Touch Trackpad. No changes.
>
> When I try the 2 top buttons on a RDP session to a Windows machine, 
> they don't do the same actions.
>
>
> Is there something like xev for Mac OSX?
>
Installed Kensington Trackball Works on the Mac, and all 4 buttons work 
as set in the Trackball works control panel; safe to say that it's not a 
hardware issue...


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