<div> </div><div>Uri (and others),</div><div> </div><div>I found the similar question in a few corners of the internet and I think adding at least the additional default mouse buttons should not be all that much work.</div><div>With some guidance I could probably do it myself, though the guidance would need to be quite substantial :)</div><div>The mouse and the main buttons is already forwarded and that is the main part.</div><div>with xev it is clear to see which buttons work on the host, but not on the guest.</div><div>Anyone with some spare time (which I know is always limited for everyone), but help me where to fix this in the code and i will write a patch - or give me a good start - or start yourself.</div><div> </div><div>a semi working mouse in the guest is very annoying and can be one of the critical points why to use spice (or not) - at least i know it is in my case.</div><div> </div><div>Thanks!! </div><div> </div> <blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 0.5em;border-left:1px #00f solid;padding-left:1em;">De : Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com> À : bruts@netc.fr; spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Sujet : Re: [Spice-devel] spice-vdagent: how to enable additional mouse buttons? Date : 11/05/2020 17:15:31 Europe/Paris On 5/11/20 4:47 PM, bruts@netc.fr wrote: > > > Uri, > > > > Would it be as simple as adding: > > > > ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_BACK); > > ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_FORWARD); > > > > and re-compiling / testing? I'm sorry, but it is not that simple. That's the agent side. You also need the client side, and to add those buttons to the protocol (including client/server, possibly with a proper capability). Uri. > > > > I am not an experienced coder and have not had the time yet to get a good overview of the spice-vdagent code, so this might be a too simple approach. > > > > I guess all of these values might be tested: > > > > #define BTN_MISC 0x100 > #define BTN_0 0x100 > #define BTN_1 0x101 > #define BTN_2 0x102 > #define BTN_3 0x103 > #define BTN_4 0x104 > #define BTN_5 0x105 > #define BTN_6 0x106 > #define BTN_7 0x107 > #define BTN_8 0x108 > #define BTN_9 0x109 > > #define BTN_MOUSE 0x110 > #define BTN_LEFT 0x110 > #define BTN_RIGHT 0x111 > #define BTN_MIDDLE 0x112 > #define BTN_SIDE 0x113 > #define BTN_EXTRA 0x114 > #define BTN_FORWARD 0x115 > #define BTN_BACK 0x116 > #define BTN_TASK 0x117 > > > > Is there any way to test the btn value? Like xev is not showing me anything related to this value? > > > > Your input is appreciated! > > > > Thanks > > > > > > De : Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com> > À : bruts@netc.fr; > spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > Sujet : Re: [Spice-devel] spice-vdagent: how to enable additional mouse buttons? > Date : 11/05/2020 15:23:30 Europe/Paris > > On 5/11/20 4:08 PM, bruts@netc.fr wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Yes most likely. >> >> I find these lines of code: >> >> >> >> /* buttons */ >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_KEY); >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_LEFT); >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_MIDDLE); >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_RIGHT); >> >> /* wheel */ >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_REL); >> ioctl(uinput->fd, UI_SET_RELBIT, REL_WHEEL); >> >> >> I will probably need to declare the additional mouse buttons of my mouse (Logitech G403), so I run xev to find some information: >> >> >> >> (BTN_LEFT, BTN_RIGHT, button 8, button 9) >> >> >> >> ButtonPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 361327, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 361426, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 362448, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 362556, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x400, button 3, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 366829, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 8, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 366949, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 8, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 368093, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 9, same_screen YES >> >> ButtonRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001, >> root 0x3ad, subw 0x0, time 368250, (127,94), root:(128,144), >> state 0x0, button 9, same_screen YES >> >> >> >> Now the next question is obvious: how do I adjust the code to add support for button 8,9 ? >> >> >> >> I thought BTN_LEFT and BTN_RIGHT would be declared in uinput.h but they are global variables? or where are they declared? > > I found them in > /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h. > There is also BTN_BACK but I'm not sure it's mapped to any of button-8 > or 9. > > Uri. > >> >> Any help with adding support for these buttons would be very appreciated and finally make me stop using virtualbox lol. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> De : Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com> >> À : bruts@netc.fr; >> spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org >> Sujet : Re: [Spice-devel] spice-vdagent: how to enable additional mouse buttons? >> Date : 03/05/2020 17:33:55 Europe/Paris >> >> On 5/1/20 3:51 PM, bruts@netc.fr wrote: >>> >>> I am using spice-vdagent on most of my qemu-kvm vm's, while this is very >>> convenient, mouse button 8 and 9 are not working (those are the side >>> buttons of the mouse, one is often used for BACK function of the >>> browser, which my thumb is actually addicted to). >>> How could i make these buttons work with spice-vdagent? >> >> Hi, >> >> Currently 5 mouse buttons are supported. I think some code is needed to >> be added in order to support more buttons. >> >> Uri. >> >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestions, >>> >>> Bruts >> >> >> > > > </blockquote>