After swapping mouse buttons in gnome-mouse-properties, the buttons occasionally "hang"
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-control-
I'm not sure where to file this bug. I've only noticed this issue after making a change in gnome-mouse properties.
For the purposes of this bug, I would like everyone to consider what is typically called left mouse button "primary button" and what is typically the right button "secondary button."
In right handed mode, before I made the switch, I never encountered any issues. After switching the left hand mode, I noticed, about once an hour, that the primary button would stop working. I would not be able to click on anything, being unable to raise windows with the mouse, click on buttons, or any other kind of interaction. The only way to remedy this would be to use the secondary button, which would fix primary button.
I am sure that this is probably an issue with X, but I figured I would start in the place where the change was made, and work down from there.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-control-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 7 16:55:47 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
I've just had the issue happen to me again, but this time I made sure to check that the middle mouse button stops responding, as well as the mouse wheel. When the "hang" is happening, the only button that will respond is the secondary button. Additionally, when I press the secondary button, no menu actually pops up. It's almost as if it has registered as a primary mouse click.