Configure Cyborg R.A.T 9 on elementaryOS with X.Org X Server 1.11.3

Question

I want to configure my Cyborg R.A.T 9 mouse to work with my installation of elementaryOS (luna, 64 Bit). I used this solution for the last two years, but it doesn't work anymore (I guess it's outdated). Newer post I found included creating a file 910-rat.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/, but this folder doesn't exist in my installation. As I don't want to destroy it, I thought it might be better to ask if simply creating that directory and file would work.

TL;DR:

OS: elementaryOS luna (0.2 beta) 64 bit

Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 9

Xorg X server version: 1.11.3

Question: Is it ok to create the directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and will the conf files in there be used or am I missing any steps?

Answer 1

I found an article in the german ubuntuusers wiki saying that the directory is located in /usr/share/X11/ and not in /etc/X11/ .

So I just added the file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and it worked.

For further reference: I added the file 910-rat.conf to the folder /usr/X11/xorg.conf.d/. The file contained the following content:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Cyborg R.A.T. 9"
    MatchProduct "R.A.T.7|R.A.T.9"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Option "Buttons" "17"
    Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 7 6 12 0 0 0 16 17"
    Option "AutoReleaseButtons" "13 14 15"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection