Middle mouse button not detected

[John Stilian]

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Xorg version: 1:7.4+3ubuntu5

When using the middle mouse button to paste or open new tabs, nothing happens. Pressing left+right results in the expected action. xev confirms that no event is generated for the middle button.

Here is what should be the relevant portions of Xorg.0.log:
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB RECEIVER
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found 20 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Configuring as mouse
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB RECEIVER" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: initialized for relative axes.

(II) config/hal: removing device Logitech USB RECEIVER
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB RECEIVER
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found 20 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: Configuring as mouse
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB RECEIVER" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Logitech USB RECEIVER: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Logitech USB RECEIVER: initialized for relative axes.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)
     Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1015]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] [1002:4e48]
     Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:0002]

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Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg: [ 19.652009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.3.2-5ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=3fd72a59-fa0c-4de1-a159-4c736f8732d5 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: IS7/IS7-G/IS7-E(Intel i865-ICH5)
dmi.board.vendor: http://www.abit.com.tw/
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd08/15/2003:svn:pn:pvr:rvnhttp//www.abit.com.tw/:rnIS7/IS7-G/IS7-E(Inteli865-ICH5):rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvr:
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi john-jstilian,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` and `dmesg`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you're using a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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[John Stilian (john-jstilian)]

I have no xorg.conf

[John Stilian (john-jstilian)]

Is there any additional info I could provide to track this issue down?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Please run 'xinput list' and then 'xinput list-props NUM' where NUM is the id number of your mouse. Attach the latter output to this bug.

[John Stilian (john-jstilian)]

Output of 'xinput list'

[John Stilian (john-jstilian)]

Output of 'xinput list-props 7'

[Charles Duffy (M1) (cduffy-messageone)]

I'm seeing this with very different hardware than what John is using, and as such am attaching xinput output as well. (Note that I manually enabled middle-mouse-button emulation to better cope with the issue).

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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[Tero Karvinen (karvinen+launchpad)]

Exactly same problem with Karmic 9.10 x86_64, xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10.

All parts of Stilians description match: "When using the middle mouse button to paste or open new tabs, nothing happens. Pressing left+right results in the expected action. xev confirms that no event is generated for the middle button."

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

same here, but it started to occur with update to maverick, on a touchpad. :-(

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

seems I was in fact hit by another bug, #612591.

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