Re: [Dorset] Middle Mouse Button No Longer Double-clicks or Selects
On 04/11/2023 12:02, Ralph Corderoy wrote: The old-school way to test this is to run xev(1), probably found in package x11-utils. Just run it in a terminal window on your desktop. A small window white window appears. Events that window receives are spewed to the terminal. Move the mouse over it and try each of the buttons in turn. You should see a ButtonPress and a ButtonRelease event. Yes. I tried xev first with similar results. It sounds like your middle button's flaky. Consider giving it a clean inside or whacking the mouse into the palm of your hand a couple of times. I tried the whacking solution by accident (I dropped the mouse onto a hard floor) and then tried your method. Still not working. I'm nor sure how to get inside without destroying the mouse, so I think a new one is probably needed. It is a very old USB Microsoft 'Basic Optical Mouse' and the plastic is looking a bit ancient now anyway. I think I won't lament its going. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Is "dd" adequate for cloning a disk?
Hi John, > > sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print > > This gives: > > Model: ATA CT500MX500SSD1 (scsi) > Disk /dev/sda: 500107862016B > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system > Flags > 1 1048576B 537919487B 536870912B primary fat32 > boot > 2 538967040B 498109251583B 497570284544B extended > 5 538968064B 482185576447B 481646608384B logical ext4 > > Presumably, the PT should not be msdos? No, that could be fine. It's a 512 MiB partition. You might find it mounted once the system boots if you're curious what's in it. Partition 2 reaches furthest into the disk but still leaves a large gap at the end should you want to use GPT. $ units 500107862016B-498109251583B 'GiB;MiB;KiB;B' 1 GiB + 882 MiB + 24 KiB + 1 B $ > > > gdisk says: > > > > > > Partition table scan: > > >MBR: MBR only > > >BSD: not present > > >APM: not present > > >GPT: not present > > > > > > *** > > > Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format > > > in memory. > > > *** ... > > > I've had no problems so far, so the question is: can I Carry On > > > Regardless? Yes. I think gparted is being misleading. It says GPT is not present but then says it found an invalid GPT. I think it didn't find one and your booting works happily without out. As you were, carry on. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Middle Mouse Button No Longer Double-clicks or Selects
Hi Terry, > If I run xinput --test-xi2 --root in a console, I get loads of output > when Press the left or right mouse buttons, but nothing when I press > the middle button. However, I've read somewhere that middle click > paste is an xorg built-in function and according to echo > $XDG_SESSION_TYPE I am running x11. The old-school way to test this is to run xev(1), probably found in package x11-utils. Just run it in a terminal window on your desktop. A small window white window appears. Events that window receives are spewed to the terminal. Move the mouse over it and try each of the buttons in turn. You should see a ButtonPress and a ButtonRelease event. It sounds like your middle button's flaky. Consider giving it a clean inside or whacking the mouse into the palm of your hand a couple of times. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Middle Mouse Button No Longer Double-clicks or Selects
Hi, I've got used to being able to press the middle mouse button and selecting text or mimicking a double click. However, as of a couple of hours ago, this no longer works. I recently upgraded my Kubuntu installation to 23.10, but I didn't notice this problem immediately, so I'm not sure if that's relevant. I don't have an alternative mouse to hand, but before I buy a replacement, can anyone confirm or deny my findings: If I run xinput --test-xi2 --root in a console, I get loads of output when Press the left or right mouse buttons, but nothing when I press the middle button. However, I've read somewhere that middle click paste is an xorg built-in function and according to echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE I am running x11. Any thoughts? -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
