On 15Nov2007 16:08, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: >> Nataraj wrote: >>> I would start by running the xev program and put the mouse in the black >>> box and see if you are generating a button 2 press and release by >>> pressing both the left and right button. Also check the left and right >>> button seperately. [...] >>> If you are not generating the button2 press, I would look to see if you >>> have the "Emulate3buttons" option for your mouse in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. >>> My mouse section looks like this: >>> >>> Section "InputDevice" >>> Identifier "Mouse0" >>> Driver "mouse" >>> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" >>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" >>> EndSection [...] >>> >> Hi and thank you. I found that the darn thing had "no" for emulate. I >> fixed that. How it got to be no I have no idea.... >> Karl >> > Boy what a great help! I did the obvious you suggested and rebooted and now > the copy words is working just as it used to. How it got changed to no > emulate is a mystery. If you were fiddling with your video driver setups (and thus the xorg.conf) earlier, which I think you were, some automatic tool may have editing this setting for you (or a cut/paste from an example xorg.conf might also have managed it). Just possibilities. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ You can't always get what you want. - The Rolling Stones
