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Mouse side buttons work incorrect as middle and right click

Bug #107900 reported by posi
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xorg (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Pascal De Vuyst

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-mouse

After upgrading from Edgy to Feisty buttons 6 and 7 no longer do the same thing when clicked. Button 6 used to be Back in Firefox, but know is another middle click (complete with the paste function), while button 7 changed from Forward in Firefox to another right click.

The mouse section of my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "Buttons" "7"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

Would changing the protocol from "ImPS/2" to "ExplorerPS/2" solve it?

Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-mouse:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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posi (yatt12) wrote : Re: Mouse buttons 6 and 7 working incorrectly.

Yes it did. I guess Edgy set it up wrong.

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posi (yatt12) wrote :

Actually, checking the Feisty Live-CD, it also sets up my mouse with ImPS/2 instead of ExplorerPS/2.

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

I'm not sure xdebconfigurator is the right source for the mouse configurator?

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-mouse:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report.
The right package is xorg, reassigning.

At this moment the default xserver-xorg debconf template always manually configures a mouse with these options in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"

Normally Xorg should be able to autodetect the protocol of your mouse for /dev/input/mice. Perhaps we have to make this the default behaviour.

Please provide the following information:
1. What brand and model is your mouse.
  How is your mouse connected to your PC: serial, PS/2, USB, USB wireless, ...
 For a USB mouse include the relevant output of the command lsusb on a terminal.
 What mechanism does your mouse use: ball mouse, optical, trackball, ...
 How many physical buttons and scrollwheels does you mouse have?
2. Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the mouse protocol to:
       Option "Protocol" "auto"
3. Restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.
4. Provide the output of the following command on a terminal:
  $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i "configured mouse"

Changed in xdebconfigurator:
assignee: nobody → pascal-devuyst
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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