[COLUG] Feisty right click problem

[Jim Dinan]

You could also run 'xev' from a console window to see which event your
right mouse button is sending.  My mouse sends this event for a right click:

ButtonPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x137, subw 0x0, time 386862057, (63,150), root:(1094,199),
    state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,
    root 0x137, subw 0x0, time 386862273, (63,150), root:(1094,199),
    state 0x400, button 3, same_screen YES

A couple other suggestions:

 - Check /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make sure nothing odd is set for
ZAxisMapping and friends.
 - Try another mouse on the off chance this one is broken.
 - Create another user to see if the problem is in your personal
settings somewhere.

Good Luck,
 ~Jim.

Tom Hanlon wrote:
> 
> Perhaps after a reboot your mouse is not being detected properly.
> 
> I recall in the past where holding down a button or two during reboot
> would cause proper mouse detection..
> 
> Just a guess..
> 
> -- 
> tom
> 
> On 20 Jun 2007, at 17:26, charles morrison wrote:
> 
>> I am using Feisty and the right click doesn't work correctly. When I
>> select a file or folder using the right click, it backs up one level
>> in the directory, rather than bringing up the context menu containing
>> actions such as copy, paste, cut, etc. If I am at the highest
>> directory level, it does nothing (highest being my home directory).
>>
>> It has worked properly in the past on this same computer.
>>
>> Better yet, if I hold the right click button AND move the mouse, the
>> context menu appears as it used to work. I have looked through the
>> gestures setups and have found nothing. Googling only finds one other
>> reference to this, and it was a year ago and no confirmation and under
>> Gnome.
>>
>> I have looked through all the KDE settings I can find and have found
>> nothing that fixes this problem. Other computers here at the office
>> work properly. I don't see any differences in their setup, other than
>> I have the latest upgrades and they do not.
>>
>> Ideas are appreciated, besides downgrading or using Windows.
>>
>> --Charlie Morrison
>> American LED-gible, Inc
>> 1776 Lone Eagle Street
>> Columbus, OH  43228  USA
>> 614-851-1100
>> FAX  614-851-1121
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>>
>>
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