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Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: off-topic: logitech mice (MX1000)
Date:  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:15 -0800
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On 12/15/2009 11:11 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> It seems to me that this mouse sends two button events for some of the
> "physical buttons".  For example moving the wheel to the left reports
>     button press 13
>     button press 6
 > ...
>      Identifier     "Logitech MX1000"

To clarify a bit, what program are you using to identify the mouse events?

I looked up the Logitech MX 1000 on amazon.com, and the photos show only
one wheel, which is front-to-back, not left-to-right.  Am I getting this
wrong?