On 07/26/2011 03:13 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 05:48:12PM -0400, K Vanw wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Peter Hutterer >> <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 09:41:34PM -0400, K Vanw wrote: > [...] >>>> As you can see, the Middle Button Emulation is not set. but "xinput >>>> set-prop 10 270 1" will set it correctly. So how do I get this set via >>>> an xorg.conf.d file? >>> >>> try starting a plain X server without a desktop environment. does it work >>> then? >> >> Interesting. I was using the Gnome wm, but switched to good old >> fluxbox and it worked fine (also works without a wm as Peter >> suggested). That is, it correctly set Emulate3Buttons from my >> xorg.conf.d file. So the question is, why/how is gnome turning it off? >> Not really an X11 question, but maybe someone here knows. > > gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse > middle-button-enabled true
Months later I found the same problem and eventually discovered that the little-documented dconf-editor gui allows you to set that flag by clicking a checkbox. I can only hope the gnome devs are going to migrate that checkbox to the place it should already be :( _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
