On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Rich Shepard wrote:

> This behavior started over the weekend and is quite annoying. When I press
> the two small buttons on the Logictech Marble trackball (emulating the
> middle button on a 3-button mouse in 10-evdev.conf) the highlighted string
> is inserted twice.

   I _think_ I found a working solution. Will confirm in a couple of days.

   Looking again at the button-mapping file
(/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf) I saw what appear to be contradictions
in the button actions, but this review caused me to try different buttons to
emulate the middle button of a 3-button pointy thingie. My initial testing
indicates that rather than simultaneously pressing the two small buttons
(identified as B and C) to past text, pressing only the small right button
(C) pastes the highlighted text ... once. As this is less awkward than
finding and pressing the two small buttons at the same time if it proves to
be the solution that'll be great.

   On a related note, I called Logitech tech support this morning about my
older marble trackball (model T-RB22). I tried a few things suggested by the
tech including connecting on different USB ports and a different host. Will
call back tomorrow and see if they'll repair what failed (which I believe is
the receiver, but might be the transmitter in the trackball housing). eBay
has these really old units for sale starting at $188. I wonder if any have
been sold.

Rich

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