[16463] in Athena Bugs
Weird mouse behavior on E51-075-5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick J. McCormick)
Tue Nov 3 17:21:17 1998
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:21:12 -0500 (EST)
From: "Patrick J. McCormick" <pmccormi@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
So I'm using a cluster machine for the first time in months, E51-075-5. I
log in, and then notice a little piece of paper stuck to it that says "The
mouse on this system is set up for a left hander." Is this a new Athena
thing?
In any case, I figure I can reset the buttons with xmodmap termporarily
for my session. I type:
xmodmap -pp
and it says:
There are 3 pointer buttons defined.
Physical Button
Button Code
1 1
2 2
3 3
I then type:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"
just like the manpage says, to reverse the buttons.
However, the mouse buttons obstinately remain reversed, except that fvwm95
pops up a different menu on the root window when I right-click. (Nothing
happens with either setting when I left click, which is wrong.)
So, if this is a new Athena-ism, I think it's broken because xmodmap can't
alter it. If it's not a new Athena-ism, I guess hotline ought to fix this
machine.
Thanks for your time,
Pat McCormick
