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] 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
