Fedora – Is there logitech gaming mouse programming software for any Linux Distro

I have a Logitech M325, which also uses button 8 and 9 for left and right tilting of the scroll wheel. I use this script to disable them:

#!/bin/bash

set -eu

MOUSE_ID=$(xinput --list | grep Logitech | sed -r 's/.*id=([0-9]+).*/\1/')

if [ -n "$MOUSE_ID" ]; then
    xinput set-button-map $MOUSE_ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0
fi

We can do the following to start imwheel when the mouse is plugged in, and stopped when the mouse is unplugged.

I'm on Fedora 33, but a similar solution should work on other distributions.

This method is assuming you have an imwheel service running on your machine.

$HOME/xinputwatcher.sh (remember to chmod +x this file)

#!/bin/bash
while true
do
  if [[ $(xinput list --name-only | grep 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse') ]];
  then
    if [[ $(systemctl --user is-active imwheel) == inactive ]];
    then
      systemctl --user start --now imwheel
      echo "starting imwheel"
    else
      echo "imwheel already running"
    fi
  else
    if [[ $(systemctl --user is-active imwheel) == active ]];
    then
      systemctl --user stop --now imwheel
      echo "stopping imwheel"
    else
      echo "imwheel already stopped"
    fi
  fi
  sleep 3
done

• Note, you should replace 'Logical .. Mouse' string with whatever your mouse name is (type xinput to get the list of devices).
• If you have multiple mice, then you want to add an elseif block.
• Note the sleep command; if we unplug the mouse it should take effect within 3 seconds.
• Go ahead and test this script by running ./xinputwatcher.sh. It should start imwheel when you plug in your mouse in, and stop imwheel when you unplug it.

Now create the service that runs that script automatically at system start.

$HOME/.config/systemd/user/xinputwatcher.service

[Unit]
Description=xinputwatcher

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=$HOME/xinputwatcher.sh
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical-session.target

Finally, enable the service so it starts automatically on reboot.

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable xinputwatcher.sh