Left-click doesn't work!

maps.backward at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 18:06:33 UTC 2012


On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:22:55 -0700
John Kim <thinkndev at gmail.com> wrote:

> What package applies to the mouse?  Gotta report this.  Thanks.

depends a bit on whether or not you mean "mouse" in a general sense or not, as touchpads certainly aren't the same. how is it connected? usb?

in general, if you have a device driver, you can find it in lsmod. all the loaded device drivers are there. you can modinfo <module> to find more info about it. 

you should be able to find out more info about your mouse via
xinput --list-props $(xinput | grep -i mouse | sed 's|.*id=\([0-9][0-9]*\).*|\1|')
which you could also do by running xinput and getting the id number that is associated with your mouse and running xinput --list-props <id number>

of course, that all assumes that the problem is the device driver, which may not be the culprit. i'd suggest reading these:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingMouseDetection
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection
and acting accordingly.

you'll find there that even if you know the device driver there are still something like 4 other potential packages to file it against. in any case the above info will help get you started on the debugging process. good luck!

wxl




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