Emulate3Buttons not honored

[K Vanw]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Peter Hutterer
<peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 05:48:12PM -0400, K Vanw wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Peter Hutterer
>> <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 09:41:34PM -0400, K Vanw wrote:
> [...]
>> >> As you can see, the Middle Button Emulation is not set. but "xinput
>> >> set-prop 10 270 1" will set it correctly. So how do I get this set via
>> >> an xorg.conf.d file?
>> >
>> > try starting a plain X server without a desktop environment. does it work
>> > then?
>>
>> Interesting. I was using the Gnome wm, but switched to good old
>> fluxbox and it worked fine (also works without a wm as Peter
>> suggested). That is, it correctly set Emulate3Buttons from my
>> xorg.conf.d file. So the question is, why/how is gnome turning it off?
>> Not really an X11 question, but maybe someone here knows.
>
> gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse
> middle-button-enabled true
>
> should get you there, it's probably false now (it is on my machine and I
> don't think I ever set this myself)

Yep. Thanks. BTW, do you know how to set an inertia value for my
pointer so when I flick the touchpad the pointer will coast ala a
trackball? I have this on my laptop and find it useful.