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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> I finally had a chance to do this right now. It did generate event data on the terminal, but </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">it didn't do anything in the little GUI. I could see event data generated on the terminal</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">for any button clicked or rolled.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">please advise.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Greg</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, August 23, 2021, 02:50:58 PM MST, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On 2021-08-23 13:04, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br clear="none">> new Debian 10 machine [...] I noticed the other day my<div class="yqt5451338970" id="yqtfd46986"><br clear="none">> center mouse click would not paste the contents of a<br clear="none">> highlighted text. It will copy and right click paste,<br clear="none">> but not left-click copy, center mouse roller paste to<br clear="none">> anything.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> What happened? How do you fix that?</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Start xev from an xterm or other terminal emulator. Position the mouse <br clear="none">pointer in the small window that xev generates. Middle-click. You <br clear="none">should see a ButtonPress event of button 2, then a ButtonRelease event <br clear="none">of button 2. If you don't, what do you see? Individual applications <br clear="none">can do what they want when they receive a button 2 event, though the <br clear="none">default is "paste selection". konsole can be set to middle-click "paste <br clear="none">clipboard" instead if you want.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Which WM/DE are you using? Have you re-mapped the default mouse <br clear="none">settings? I thought that Unity or some other less useful DEs disabled <br clear="none">button 2 text pasting to be "friendly".<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Crow202 Blog: <a shape="rect" href="http://crow202.org/wordpress" target="_blank">http://crow202.org/wordpress</a><br clear="none">There is no Darkness in Eternity<br clear="none">But only Light too dim for us to see.<br clear="none">---------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br clear="none">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></div></div>
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