Quirk for 2-button mouse: Kensington Trackball

[xrdodrx]

The Kensington trackball I bought (specifically, http://amzn.com/B002OOWB3O , does not have a clickable scroll wheel and required two button mouse emulation to be enabled manually via the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#2-button Mice .

[penalvch (penalvch)]

xrdodrx, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-evdev REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[xrdodrx (xrdodrx)]

Hello Christopher,

Unfortunately I no longer have the trackball in question. Maybe someone else who owns one will come around.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

xrdodrx, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/907549/comments/4 regarding you no longer have the hardware. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

[Benjamin McGough (bmcgough)]

I have this hardware and can provide whatever troubleshooting is necessary.

The trackball is reported as "Primax Kensington Eagle Trackball" and appears to be recognized as having 3 buttons. The trackball has only two buttons, a scroll ring (that does not click as a button), and the ball (also, does not click).

Evdev Middle Button Emulation set to 1 works.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Benjamin McGough, given this report is closed, in order for this to be addressed, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug xorg

Please ensure you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information.

Also, please feel free to subscribe me to it.

For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Benjamin McGough (bmcgough)]

Done. Thank you!

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:16 PM Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Benjamin McGough, given this report is closed, in order for this to be
> addressed, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu via
> a terminal:
> ubuntu-bug xorg
>
> Please ensure you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you
> click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information.
>
> Also, please feel free to subscribe me to it.
>
> For more on why this is helpful, please see
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.
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