trackball is too clicky
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
|
Ben Collins |
Bug Description
Connect a three-button MicroSpeed trackball (picture of something that looks
very much like the one I used:
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blue / white 400MHz ppc Macintosh. The trackball should be connected through
something that seems like a PS/2 connector. Due to my unfamiliarity with Mac
hardware I can't really say whether it actually *is* a PS/2 connector, but I
*think* it is. Definitely not USB though.
Connect a one-button blue / white mouse to one USB port (don't know if this is
necessary, but I had one in my setup).
Verify that both the USB mouse and the trackball work fine on MacOS9.
Boot the Hoary LiveCD.
When the GNOME desktop has finished loading, move the mouse pointer around on
the desktop background using the trackball. Be careful not to touch the buttons.
Current result:
The mouse pointer moves the way I expect. Squares appear on the GNOME desktop's
background, just as if I had held down / pressed the left mouse button.
Expected result:
The mouse pointer should have moved. No click events should have been received
by GNOME.
Severity "major" since not being able to control mouse clicks makes the desktop
unusable.
Does booting with 'psmouse. proto=bare' help at all?