configuring a 3 button mouse.

[Geoffrey]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Geoffrey
>>>>>>>> <lists at serioustechnology.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I recently upgraded my Mandriva install and now it appears that 
>>>>>>>>> my 3
>>>>>>>>> button
>>>>>>>>> mouse is emulating a 2 button mouse as cut/paste only works when I
>>>>>>>>> select
>>>>>>>>> buttons 1 and 3, but not with button 2.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The middle button is a wheel and scrolling does work with it, 
>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>> leads
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> more confusion.
>>>> wheel work, and click not ? hum ... the middle button not working at
>>>> all ?
>>>> to test it, for example, use middle button on links of Firefox, opens
>>>> links ?
>>> Wheel scrolls, but button does nothing on links or anything else.
>>>
>>>>>> (**) Option "Protocol" "auto"
>>>>>> (**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
>>>>>> (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto"
>>>>>> (**) Option "CorePointer"
>>>>>> (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
>>>>>> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>>>>> (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>>>>>> (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>>> (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
>>>>>> (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 9
>>>> seems correct , may be is not X fault ...
>>> What else could it be???  I might hook this mouse up to another linux 
>>> box
>>> and see if it does the same thing.
>>
>> I don't think it's the driver emulating 3 buttons. Looking at the old
>> mouse source, it should be giving you a message like "(**) Mouse0:
>> Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50".
>>
>> Can you run xev and look for the what codes it gives you when you
>> press the middle button and left+middle?
> 
> Absolutely no output when pressing the middle (wheel) button.
> 
> It's quite difficult to depress the left+middle at the same time as the 
> wheel turns.  The fact that I get nothing when the middle button is 
> depressed is weird.  I'm beginning to wonder if I have a bad mouse?

It's not the mouse.  I plugged in a wired 3 button mouse and it exhibits 
the same behavior.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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