<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Jim Byrnes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jf_byrnes@comcast.net" target="_blank">jf_byrnes@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 01/19/2016 06:26 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:<br>
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Jim Byrnes <<a href="mailto:jf_byrnes@comcast.net" target="_blank">jf_byrnes@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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This is a fairly new HP desktop that when running 12.04 did not have this<br>
problem.<br>
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Also, have you tried a different mouse?<br>
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No. I said mouse for simplicity sake. It is a Kensington Expert Mouse (ie<br>
trackball), but when I boot to 12.04 it works without a problem.<br>
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You might try installing this package<br>
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gpointing-device-settings<br>
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and use that tool, which is called pointing-devices. It "exposes" more of<br>
the settings than the simplified Mouse control. If it works for you, I<br>
suggest putting it on the launcher so you can pull it up easily. If the<br>
settings don't "stick" you can move it high on the launcher to make it<br>
easily accessible via the keyboard.<br>
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If you do some Internet searches for "Kensington Expert Mouse Ubuntu 14.04"<br>
you'll see some tips involving hand-editing various X settings so you can<br>
use all the buttons. So presumably others have used them successfully!<br>
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Be sure to report back to the list when you figure out the answer, to help<br>
the next person who comes along.<br>
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Tommy,<br>
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Got so busy trying to solve this I almost didn't back to your pointing device advice. Glad I did because it seems to have fixed it.<br>
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It brought up a little gui expert mouse window that was all greyed out. Once I clicked on middle button and wheel emulation I set timeout and inertia from short to long and that seemed to solve the problem, but it did not survive a reboot. I opened the window again and deactivated the emulations but left the other settings on long. I rebooted and the menus function normally.<br>
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Clicking on them is not quite like it was under 12.04, but it is so close that I am sure I will get used to it.<br>
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Thanks, Jim</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the follow up! I was thinking of reminding you of my suggestion, but decided to let the discussion play out, assuming you might have tried it and it didn't help.</div><div><br></div><div>The reason I though of it is about a year ago I bought this Lenovo ThinkPad E540 with a bizarre trackpad, and its default behavior under Ubuntu was completely unacceptable. Very similar to what you and others were describing, plus other annoying behaviors. </div><div><br></div><div>I found that just installing and using gpointing-device-settings did something (updated some firmware in the device, maybe?) and I have never had to do another thing to it. I can even boot other linuxes without using the utility. (I never tried any version of Windows except to make sure it booted, and now that drive is in storage in case the SSD fails.) </div><div><br></div><div>I know if you search around you will see others complaining that gpointing-device-settings settings don't persist in some situations, and I don't know if there's a single workaround, but you can probably coax Ubuntu to open it when you log in.</div><div><br></div><div>You might also try booting into some variety of KDE (Kubuntu etc.) to see if its pointing tools can do a better job with your trackball; you might decide you like it better.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S.: Maybe one of these days I will dig out my ancient Kensington trackball and play with some of the ways folks have published to connect it to a modern linux box. It's a Macintosh ADB model, and as nice as it is I don't care as much about it as my old (also ADB) Apple Extended Keyboard. It's the gigantic one, nicknamed Saratoga, after the aircraft carrier, and it has every button you might want, and excellent feel. Well, it did 20 years ago. ;-)</div></div></div></div>