[16464] in Athena Bugs
Re: Weird mouse behavior on E51-075-5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Tue Nov 3 23:28:53 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 22:53:06 -0500
To: "Patrick J. McCormick" <pmccormi@MIT.EDU>
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU, hotline@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981103171412.1011A-100000@e51-075-5.mit.edu>
To the best of my knowledge, we don't have any special setups for left
handers...
Hotline, sounds like someone may want to check out this machine?
thank you for reporting this.
Mike Barker
MIT Information Systems
At 05:21 PM 11/3/98 -0500, Patrick J. McCormick wrote:
:)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
:)
