On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 21:11 -0400, Christopher Beland wrote: > The bug that was most recently filed on the left-handed mouse issue was > this one: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487849 > > Since both I and the reporter of that bug can successfully set our mice > to be left-handed, the bug was closed. > > Lawrence, I don't see anything in Bugzilla from you on this issue; it > seems as far as the system is concerned, there is no problem. (Mailing > list posts don't guarantee that an issue has actually been brought to > the attention of the appropriate developer.) > > Below is the message I previously sent containing the technical > information I would recommend you include in a new report. Since bug > 487849 was closed and was probably not hardware-specific, I recommend > filing a new bug by visiting: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi > > Good luck, > > Beland > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Christopher Beland <beland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Mouse choices > > Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 23:53:35 -0400 > > > > OK, Lawrence, I'm assuming the following is true for you: > > > > >> > > I go to System -> Preferences -> Mouse from the Gnome menu. On the > > General tab, I select "Left-handed" under "Mouse Orientation" and hit > > Close. When I click on a desktop icon with the right mouse button, a > > context menu appears, indicating the mouse is still set to > > right-handed. If I change the setting back to right-handed and then > > to left-handed again, there is still no effect. > > << > > > > That's the level of detail that package maintainers are looking for in a > > bug report; there are a lot of different desktops and configurations and > > whatnot that people use, and they need enough context to narrow down the > > problem. > > > > To ensure that the appropriate package maintainer sees your problem > > report, the best thing to do is to file it at > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com. The first thing to do is to make sure a > > problem has not already been reported, and as it happens a search > > reveals your problem has already been reported here: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487849 > > > > You can potentially help identify the source of the problem by sharing > > information from your own system. I would add something like the > > following in a comment, assuming this is correct: > > > > >> > > I'm experiencing the same with being unable to set my mouse to > > left-handed (no freeze up). I have a Logitech wireless Keyboard and > > mouse combo x710 USB. In /etc/selinux/config, I have Selinux= enforcing > > and Selinuxtype=targeted, but I don't see any error messages > > in /var/log/messages or ~/.xsession-errors that look related to the > > mouse problem. I started experiencing this problem somewhere between > > the F11 beta and preview releases. > > << > > > > I would also attach the output of "lsusb"; do "yum install usbutils" to > > install this program if you don't have it already. > > > > If you have more time to put into diagnosing this, identifying the > > last-good and first-bad RPMs with respect to this problem would probably > > help the package maintainer out, unless someone shouts out otherwise. > > > > I'm not an expert, but you could try reverting control-center, > > xorg-x11-drv-mouse, and kernel with "rpm --oldpackage". If you don't > > have them handy, old versions are archived on > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org (search in the upper right for the package > > you need). No doubt they have many dependencies you would also need to > > track down; it might be easier to start over again with the beta release > > and update packages piecemeal until the problem returns. > > > > Alternatively, you can just wait until a developer asks for further help > > diagnosing the issue. If you add a comment to the above-mentioned bug, > > you will get added to the cc: list (as long as that checkbox is also > > selected when you submit your comment) and thus get an email whenever > > there is an update to the bug. > > > > FYI, if you have any other problems you would like to report, we hope > > that: > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs_and_feature_requests > > > > is an adequate guide to help you find the information package > > maintainers need to track them down, even for those just starting out > > with Fedora. > > > > Thanks for reporting this problem, and good luck! > > > > --Beland > -- Thanks for your time and understanding. With people like you, I will advance in my understanding of the technical aspect of computers. Lawrence E. Graves <lgraves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
