Package: xfree86-common Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Severity: normal Neither using xmodmap nor the gdm approach make it possible to have a left-handed mouse under X for three-button + wheel mice.
gpm 1.19.6-19 xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Left-handed mouse configuration is described at http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml#lefthandmouse and in the following bug report http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=281504 If one uses the xmodmap approach xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5" this produces unwanted behaviors. I cannot tell exactly how the behaviors are wrong but the buttons are all wrong both in pure X applications, as well as in Qt and Gtk applications. It is like the "contextual button" is producing many events at the same time, both selection and contextual trigger. I call "selection" button, what is usually the left button, and "contextual selection" button, what is usually the right button. This xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5" approach has worked for me for years with the 3.x X series before I switched to Sarge and to Sid on some machines. The gpm approach, which is to feed X with the mouse data coming from gpm, is not successful either while it should from what I've read from some FAQs and mailing lists. This approach simply produces no effect at all: it works alright, but as a right-handed mouse. And I'm sure that in my case X really receives information from gpm since the mouse under X doesn't work anymore if I do a "/etc/init.d/gpm stop". /etc/gpm.conf ======================================================================= device=/dev/input/mice responsiveness= #repeat_type=none repeat_type=raw type=imps2 append='-B 321' sample_rate= ======================================================================= /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ======================================================================= Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" EndSection #Section "InputDevice" # Identifier "Configured Mouse" # Driver "mouse" # Option "SendCoreEvents" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" # Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" # Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "gpm mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "sis" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 30-107 VertRefresh 50-150 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "gpm mouse" # InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection ======================================================================= Conclusion: Since neither the xmodmap nor gpm approaches are working, there isn't any way to have a left-handed mouse working for Sarge or for Sid :-( -- Marc-Aurèle DARCHE <http://www.cynode.org/> AFUL <http://www.aful.org/> Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux/Logiciels Libres French speaking Linux and Libre Software Users' Association
