On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:47:13AM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 3 Jul 2017 13:04:37 +1000 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 06:48:50PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > > > At Sat, 01 Jul 2017 15:16:32 +0200 "Ralf Mattes" <r...@mh-freiburg.de> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Samstag, 01. Juli 2017 15:00 CEST, "Ralf Mattes" > > > > <r...@mh-freiburg.de>= > > > > schrieb: > > > > > > > > > > > > > [...]> > > > > > You could put something loike that (most likely you dont' have a PS/2= > > > > mouse :-) > > > > > into /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse.conf > > > > > > > > If you don't want to wite a configutation file you can also do this wit= > > > > h xinput: > > > > > > > > # Find your pointing device > > > > xinput list > > > > > > > > # find all configurable options of that device > > > > xinput list-props <your-device-id> > > > > > > > > # switch in middle button emulation > > > > xinput set-prop <your-device-id> "Evdev Middle Button Emulation" 1 > > > > fwiw, you can use the device name in quotes instead of the device id. > > > > > > HTH, Ralf Mattes > > > > > > The prop name was different, but this worked. I could not figure out > > > what to > > > say for "Option" in the config file. so I gave up on that. > > > > If you're using the libinput driver, you need to use the libinput-specific > > property - which is prefixed with 'libinput' instead of 'Evdev'. So I > > suspect you changed "libinput Middle Emulation Enabled" > > > > > There is some serious lack of documentation here. > > > > both the property and the option are documented in the driver's man page, > > man 4 libinput > > Ah. But there is not link between man 5 xorg.conf and man 4 libinput... > > So I guess there is a documentation bug of sorts...
indeed, I didn't even realise they were all listed there. Patch is on the list now, thanks https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/164979/ Cheers, Peter > > > Or else there does not seem > > > to be any way to specify this in the confguration files. I wonder if I > > > should > > > file a bug report somewhere (is there a bugzilla.xorg.org or something > > > like > > > that?). > > > > bugs.freedesktop.org is our bugzilla, for next time. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
