rat 5 mouse ubuntu 12.04 r.a.t. 5 mouse ubuntu 12

Getting the R.A.T. 5 mouse to work in Ubuntu can be a BITCH.
Here is what I did. Please note if the mouse becomes unresponsive during this process simply click the cyborg logo button to the left of the left click button till it become responsive again (you're going to be doing this alot!).

click Dash Home
type terminal
click terminal
type "sudo gedit" hit enter (enter your root password when prompted)
copy and paste this text into gedit

Section "InputClass" Identifier "Mouse Remap" MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.5 Mouse" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 9 10 11 12 0 0 0" EndSection

click save, in the name field put /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/rat5custom.conf
click save
close gedit
in terminal window type exit and hit enter
click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner
click shutdown
click the reboot button
when the system comes back up your mouse should work!