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Custom keymap for Logitech MX Master 2S mouse on Ubuntu
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First, install Solaar to see the battery level on the taskbar

sudo apt-get install solaar

To remap the keys, install

sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xautomation

Then, launch xev to get the keyboard or mouse event to bind

xev

# grep button
xev | grep -i button

Create the configuration file for xbindkeys

nano ~/.xbindkeysrc

Here is an exemple of this file that map the Back and Forward buttons to BackSpace and Return respectively

# thumb wheel up => increase volume and unmute      
"amixer -D pulse set Master 4000+ unmute"
 b:6
                                        
# thumb wheel down => lower volume       
"amixer -D pulse set Master 4000-"       
 b:7
                                        
# backward button => previous song       
"xte 'key XF86AudioPrev'"                
 b:8
                                        
# forward button => next song            
"xte 'key XF86AudioNext'"                
 b:9

To test your binding

xbindkeys -v

To start xbindkeys

xbindkeys

To find key code

xbindkeys --key

// or

xbindkeys --multikey

If you change the key map, you have to restart xbindkeys by following command

killall xbindkeys && xbindkeys
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