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using a Mad Catz mouse - no other questions seem to help so I've decided to Ask Ubuntu.

I'm using a Mad Catz mouse, worked fine on Windows 10, deleted windows and went to ubuntu, now, I can move it but not interact on Close or Minimise buttons or anything else for that matter, I'm currently using a wireless mouse which is working fine - also my track pad is fine.

Please explain your answers simply as I'm a Linux Noob.

Thank-you!

Modify xorg.conf. Append the following section to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf (in a terminal, enter pkexec gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf):

Section "InputClass"
 Identifier "Mouse Remap"
 MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.7 Mouse"
 MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection

This eliminates the need to restart X and makes the mouse completely usable every time Ubuntu starts. Just modify xorg.conf with the section above and the R.A.T. 7 functions perfectly. Say goodbye to restarting X.

Update: The R.A.T. series of mice are now sold under the Mad Catz label, not Cyborg. Because of this, the Mad Catz product string might need modification to make the RAT work in Ubuntu. This means changing the Cyborg portion of the identification string (used to identify the USB device) to the string the Mad Catz RAT sends to the computer in order for X to recognize the RAT without freezing the buttons. Instead of using the string

MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.7 Mouse"

the Mad Catz might use something else (not tested). Product strings much match to avoid the button freeze issue.

Step 1:
find out all the mouse info that Linux reads from the device
lsusb and dmesg will be of good help here.

In my case I have a Rat 7 m.m.o, so what I did was cd /etc/X11
then created xorg.conf and inside the file I pasted this:

Section "InputClass"
 Identifier "Mouse Remap"
 MatchProduct "Mad Catz Mad Catz M.M.O.7 Mouse|M.M.O.7"
 MatchIsPointer "true"
 MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
 Option "Buttons" "24"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 10 11 12 0 0 0 16 17 7 6 0 0 0 0 0" 
 Option "AutoReleaseButtons" "20 21 22 23 24" 
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

close the file and save it.

then cd /etc/X11/xorg.confd
create a file named: 50-vmmouse.conf
then paste this:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Mouse0"
 Driver "evdev"
 Option "Name" "Mad Catz Mad Catz M.M.O.7 Mouse|M.M.O.7"
 Option "Vendor" "0738"
 Option "Product" "1713"
 Option "Protocol" "auto"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
 Option "Buttons" "7"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
 Option "Resolution" "3200"
EndSection 

ok, so far so good, now, on the terminal xinput list
then find anything that relates to Rat 7 m.m.o
in my case was ↳ Mad Catz Mad Catz M.M.O.7 Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]

so......

on the terminal xinput --test 11
and press all the buttons that you are intending to use, if there is no output after a button strike, then the configuration on xorg,conf and vmouse.conf is wrong.

NOW most of this info will be found with our first step which is lsusb and dmesg make sure you get all the right info or it will not work.

I am using Kubuntu 18. I had to disable composite then make those changes, reboot and enable composite then reboot one last time and Voilà, everything WORKS!!!