Mouse's forward and back buttons don't work

I have two buttons on my mouse to go forwards and back:

• They used to work all right in Firefox, but now they don't any more. I've since switched to Google Chrome (the package from , not chromium).

• I haven't changed any configuration to do with input devices in the mean time.

• xev doesn't seem to recognize the buttons. The others work well. Even the weird zoom-slider on this mouse is recognized by xev. It's only the forwards and back buttons that don't do anything.

How do I get them to work?

The mouse is a Logitech VX Revolution in case that's important.

Edit at Dec. 10th, 11pm:

The back button has just started working, after an update. I'm confused. :P

The forwards button still doesn't work. xev recognizes the back button now, not the other one.

1 Answer

The mouse is just broken. I've tested it on another machine, doesn't work either. I've since bought a new one, works perfectly.

The thing not working in xev should've been a good clue.