Comment 3 for bug 1910836

The package information is not available on my copy of ubuntu because I
installed some extra software - python 3 upgrades etc.
The system options such as mouse functions should be in the kernel not an
application package. I believe the bug report was clear.
Also yes, a bug can be in more than one "source package" and indeed it is
"just filed against Ubuntu" which handles left handed "mice" incorrectly.

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> Title:
> Left Handed Mouse configuration switching to "Right" on reconnect
> V20.04
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
> Release: 20.04
> Probably the Kernel
>
> What I expected: I expected the right mouse button to be the primary
>
> What happened instead: The primary button was the left button even
> though the mouse configuration showed it to be the right button. Re-
> selecting the right button is only a temporary work-a-round.
>
> This problem is constant and quite annoying and only started happening
> on a regular basis after I plugged in a USB game controller pad. It
> happened a few times before that but only after a software update and
> restart. Fixing it after a software update appeared to be permanent until
> the next update.
>
> After having my Logitech game pad controller F310 plugged in it happens
> constantly - even after just leaving the computer unattended for a while.
> If I unplug the game pad the problem persists. Perhaps that will give some
> developers a clue as to where the problem occurs. It may be a multilevel
> software thing. If not, reading my RANT below might elicit a clue as to
> what the software is doing wrong.
>
> I have seen other situations where when accessing a desktop from a
> left handed remote desktop, the buttons switch to right handed and
> after remoting to a third desktop it switches back to left handed etc
> like it is a toggle instead of a state. That is even more annoying if
> you need to cut and paste over 3 levels of button switch. We need an
> RFC to fix this in a standard way.
>
> I believe this bug is in many levels of Ubuntu from at least 19.x to
> the current 20.04.1 LTS based on what I have seen in the forums.
>
> If I could actually use my right hand - without poking my eyes out - I
> would definitely give up being left handed to avoid this issue. I do
> however prefer the pad to stay right handed and changing the mouse
> changes the pad in Ubuntu - they should be separately changeable.
> Perhaps the gamepad toggles the left right button thing - since it is
> set up as left handed as well.
>
> This problem also happens in many game consoles where you can change
> some things to left handed but not everything - in the software.
>
> In the 80s, mice had a switch on the bottom - left/right. Now the
> software determines right and left based on which user logs into the
> system. You have to use the mouse to login. That means it starts off
> right, then you login and then it switches to left. Incredibly stupid
> but only left-handers get this.
>
> I do however have a recommendation - to other left handers out there -
> since it is what I am going to do from now on - make the solution
> hardware.
>
> "Skip the software left handed thing and buy a true left handed mouse
> and controller or mod yours to switch". Don't rely on software for
> something so basic and critical.
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