[Maverick] Middle buttons do the same as left buttons

[Nicolas Delvaux]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

(I'm not sure this is a synaptic bug, sorry if I'm wrong)

My laptop have 2 rows of 3 click buttons. Better than a long explanation, here is a picture: http://hpfansite.com/images/2008/12/8730w-touchpad.jpg

It used to work well on Karmic and Lucid, but on Maverick (up to date and also with the last daily-live) the middle button of each row now perform a left click instead of a middle click (trust me, this is a huge regression, especially when browsing the Web and when copy/pasting with a middle clik).

I tried xev and it returns that both left and middle buttons send the "button 1" signal. Of course, the middle button send "button 2" on Lucid.
I plugged a mouse and it's middle click worked as expected. So this seems to be specific to build-in buttons.

This is an important bug for me as an Ubuntu enthusiast because all my class mates (~200 students) have the same computer...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
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DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
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 dpms: On
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 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
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 enabled: enabled
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 modes: 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
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Date: Wed Sep 8 22:01:53 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100817)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530p
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   product info: "RICOH", "Bay8Controller", "", ""
   manfid: 0x0000, 0x0000
   function: 254 (unknown)
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V 16-bit PC Card
   Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=ce82423d-6f1e-417a-8a35-0a8212e84f83 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68PDV Ver. F.11
dmi.board.name: 30E7
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 90.26
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8530p
dmi.product.version: F.11
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-20-generic

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

(I removed the "ubuntu-une" tag because I use the desktop edition)

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

What else can I do to help fixing this bug before the release?

[Sifr Moja (simplexion)]

I think this bug is also related to the problem I am having. Explained on duplicate bug #636720

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

Still the same bug with an up-to-date maverick.

[Dana Goyette (danagoyette)]

See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/612591
It looks like the ClickPad support is to blame... it treats the middle button as a left or a right, depending on where your finger is.

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

Still the same annoying problem from a fresh install (daily-live).

[gtramt1 (gapi-tramte)]

it seems that only few of us have three buttons on out laptops...
one solution is tapping in upper-right corner of your touchpad or tapping left+right button together...
:/

[Spacer (ua-spacer)]

same for me
just upgraded to ubuntu 10.10
HP 8510w laptop with 3 buttons

[David Balažic (xerces8)]

Mee too.
HP nw8440
Ubuntu 10.10 desktop i386 (LiveCD).

Both the upper and lower row middle buttons behave as left button.

[wazari972 (kevin-pouget)]

I've got the 'random middle click' problem (bug #636720, duplicate of this one) as well, with appeared right after the update from 10.04 to 10.10

HP Pavillon TX 1000 laptop with 2 buttons

[Henrikki Almusa (henrikki-almusa)]

I just and updated my kubuntu to 10.10 and have this bug as well.

I have HP 8510p laptop. This bug is really, really, REALLY bad as I use (or would like to use) the middle click copy all the time.

[dror (dror-zapatec)]

Although the description here matches my situation more than bug #612591. The patch offered there and installation instructions in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/612591/comments/11
solved my issue.