Public bug reported:
i have a microsoft mouse with 4 buttons and a wheel. i used to be able
to just select some text, and then hit the left-side mouse button to
paste the selected text anywhere i clicked. it was a functionality that
i first became aware of when i was running mandrake, and it was one of
the aspects of kubuntu that i had really gotten to like (it saved a lot
of time, not having to hit ctrl+c to copy, and then ctrl+v to paste). it
quickly became one of the reasons i liked kubuntu A LOT. i have used
this functionality CONSTANTLY since before i first installed dapper,
about a year ago. when i upgraded to hardy, the functionality came along
for the ride, which suited me fine.
i got a new monitor (of all things) recently. both monitors are made by
sony (although the new one has a "Dell" logo on the front) and they both
say "trinitron" on the case. the only difference is that the old monitor
is 17" and the new one is 21". when i installed it, i didn't do anything
to change the mouse settings at all. however, when i plugged the new
monitor in, and turned it on, instead of doing the "copy and paste"
function, the left-side mouse button does nothing... except in firefox,
where, despite the fact that i have "Mouse Navigation" turned OFF in
firefox, the left-side button takes me back to the previous page, which
i definitely DO NOT like - or use - under most circumstances.
i had the functionality i wanted using HH (w/KDE 3.5.9) with the
previous monitor, but not with the current monitor.
i looked under "System Settings" -> "Keyboard & Mouse" and didn't find
anything that looked remotely close. also, i checked "klipper" ->
"configure klipper" in the systray and didn't find it there, either...
i checked with a more knowledgable kubuntu-user, and he suggested that
it might be the xorg.conf file that was rewritten when i installed my
new monitor, but i didn't do anything with the monitor other than plug
it in and turn it on (maybe this was a mistake, but i don't know) but
when i tried to do
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
i got an error message that said
FATAL: Error inserting battery
(/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko): No such
device
i don't even have a battery... this is a desktop computer, not a
laptop... and i made it out of bits and pieces of several other
computers, none of which had batteries...
so then i ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and it started to reconfigure my keyboard and mouse(! which is more than
it has done previously), but then it asked me if i wanted to emulate a
3-button mouse, when i said "yes", the reconfigurator crashed, with an
error message that said:
xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuratiion
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.2008072112753
FATAL: Error inserting battery
(/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko): No such device
i then rebooted into recovery mode, moved
/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko to my home
directory, rebooted again, logged in and, once again, ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
as before, the reconfigurator crashed after asking me if i wanted to
emulate a 3-button mouse, with an error message that said:
xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuratiion
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080721140727
FATAL: Error inserting battery
(/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko): No such file
or directory
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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HH + different monitor = mouse working differently, xserver-xorg configurator
not working??
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250916
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