On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 06:07:00PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 04:58:27PM +0000, Ben Oliver wrote: > > On 15 Nov 2015 4:56 pm, "Magnus Therning" <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I've just updated a sligtly neglected machine I have (not upgraded since > > > mid-September). Thanks to the [ARA][1] I managed to upgrade it in weekly > > > steps. It all seemed to work fine, and indeed it boots just fine. > > > There's only one little thing that's broken: the mouse buttons don't > > > work. > > > > > > Yes, it's really only the mouse buttons that don't work. I can move the > > > pointer using the mouse. I can scroll using the scroll wheel. > > > > > > Starting `xev` I thought I'd have a look at what actually happens: > > > > > > 1. Start `xev`. > > > 2. Move the pointer into the window -> the various events scroll by in > > > the terminal. > > > 3. Press the left mouse button -> no event printed in the terminal. > > > 4. Move the pointer in the window -> no events are printed in the > > > terminal. > > > 5. Change focus to another window using Ctrl-Tab, change back -> > > > movements in the `xev` window once again generate events. > > > > > > I've tried searching for a solution, but I can't find anything > > > resembling this. > > > > > > What could be causing this behaviour, and how do I fix it? > > > > Not to be *that* guy, but have you tried another mouse? > > Nope, because I don't have access to another mouse here right now. > > The mouse worked just fine when I logged in on the system and began the > upgrade, so I really did expect it to work fine afterwards too. I just managed to track down a second mouse, and can confirm that this behaviour occurs with both USB mice, one Microsoft and one HP, and that it occurs both if I connect it via the PS/2 adapter or directly into a USB port. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming language in which it is the least bit hard to write bad programs. -- Flon's Axiom
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