Comment 16 for bug 429277

Continuing on from my last post. After a reboot my mouse resumed correct left-handed operation without my having to go back into the system settings.

Here is my xlist after the reboot with my mouse working: (but it looks identical to the non-working state)

xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Tripplite B015-000 R0.74 USB to PS2 adapter. id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2HDM id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Tripplite B015-000 R0.74 USB to PS2 adapter. id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]