Question about (usb) mouse being confused about drag-n-drop...

[Alan Coopersmith]

I wonder if the delay from the Emulate3Buttons code is getting involved
here.  (See the discussion on this in the comments on 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752 )

	-alan-

Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm seeing the following problem: when I depress and then release the
> mouse left-button and then move the mouse without waiting, X applications
> sometimes get confused and believes that something is being dragged (i.e.
> that the movement started before the button-up event, not after it).
> 
> I have an EPIA SP-13000 and also an MSI K8MM-V, both connected
> through an IOGEAR 1734 switch to a Dell 2005FPW monitor (which
> has a built-in USB hub), and eventually to a Logitech Wireless Comfort
> Duo...  with the wireless receiver hanging off the USB hub on the
> monitor, going back to the USB KVM switch...
> 
> Though I also had the same problem before when using just a Logitech
> Mouseman USB...
> 
> I'm running FC3 updated, but with the RC3 release of Xorg (though I
> saw this previously with the FC3 distro release of 6.8.2 as well).
> 
> This causes a lot of hassle, since things get dragged around that shouldn't
> be...  I'll wager it's a simple fix to my xorg.conf file, but I can't 
> figure out
> what it is.
> 
> I googled for a posting about a similar problem, but didn't find any 
> solutions.
> 
> Does this ring any bells with anyone?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Philip
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