Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/27143
Comment: It's a pretty critical thing as it blocks anyone from using more than a few buttons(?) on their mouse, so of course one is concerned if there is any work being done? I just tried the patch on the Gnome bugzilla and it worked perfectly on a recent Dapper, applied against Gnome CVS. Here are (somewhat loose) instructions for anyone wanting to try the patch themselves. It includes downloading the relevant parts from Gnome CVS and installing lots of dependencies most likely, as well as build tools, so it takes some work. ------- How to test the patch for yourself: Open a terminal and follow along, and line starting with $ is a commandline. $ cd /tmp $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/gnome -z3 co gnome-control-center $ cd gnome-control-center $ ./autogen.sh Fix any problems here, I had no autoconf1.9 for instance. Install with apt-get/aptitude/synaptic If needed after autogen.sh: $ ./configure and correct any dependencies until it's satisfied. Lots of hunting for matching *-dev in apt. $ make Here I had to get the gstreamer 0.10 dev-packages, including for plugins, and then run make again, configure missed those. If you come to the point where it all succeeds, now try : $ gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon And it should fail as usual - warning, this also hangs Firefox for me. Now we try the patch: Download http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=57319 and save as gnome-settings-daemon.patch in the working directory: $ patch -p0 <gnome-settings-daemon.patch $ make $ gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon And now it should work, if the patch works for you. Now you can hit CTRL-Z and type 'bg' if you want to free up the terminal and keep the daemon running in the background. ----- I haven't tried installing it to the system yet, not sure if I will. I'd rather have it fixed centrally. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
