After swapping mouse buttons in gnome-mouse-properties, the buttons occasionally "hang"

[Matthew Ames]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

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-center 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
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-center

[Matthew Ames (supermatt)]

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.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

right, as you said if you mouse stop working it's an xorg issue, the capplet only do calls to apply the setting change, it's not something that keeps running or could block your clicks

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey SuperMatt,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.