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Stephen Allen (stephen-d-allen) wrote : Re: [Bug 1758306] Re: Cannot switch mouse primary button to Right (left-handed) in Settings

I found that in my situation it was the upgrade not working good with some
config settings in my ~/home. When I was beta testing, I don't think the
Ubuntu developers considered that many problems are associated with
upgrades. Once I did a clean install, this situation was gone.

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 8:35 PM Leoncio de Queiroz Maya <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thank you Cas.
> Let me answer to your suggestions.
>
> Check all updates are installed? Try proposed updates?
> I always install all updates.
>
> Is this with mouse or trackpad?
> I only use the trackpad.
>
> Have you checked what gsettings is reporting?
>
> gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse left-handed
> true
>
> Perhaps try a booting with a livecd ubuntu and test mouse there. I don't
> have a CD with Ubuntu 18.04.
>
> I started using Ubuntu with version 12.04 and I have updated it to
> versions 14.04 and 16.04. The left-handed mode always worked fine. A
> couple of weeks ago, I was offered to install version 18.04. The bug
> started after the installation of this new version. I must say it is
> very annoying.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758306
>
> Title:
> Cannot switch mouse primary button to Right (left-handed) in Settings
>
> Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Prior to yesterday's (March 22/18) Bionic update, I had my mouse
> configured for left handed use. That is the mouse primary button being
> switched to the right. GCC doesn't seem to work for this now. I don't know
> if it's related to evdev or what.
> Held back reporting this in case it was fixed by changes overnight.
> Updated this morning and problem persists.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.0-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu
> 4.13.0-36201803011620.0+mediatree+hauppauge-generic 4.13.13
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36201803011620-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Fri Mar 23 07:07:02 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-19 (62 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64
> (20170920)
> SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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