F16 : bash paint and paste gone? [SOLVED - IT IS!]

[sean darcy]

On 10/29/2011 12:07 PM, sean darcy wrote:
> On 10/20/2011 06:11 AM, Karel Volný wrote:
>> On Wednesday 19 of October 2011 19:08:58 sean darcy wrote:
>>> On F16 with xfce (left gnome because it's too strange):
>>>
>>> I can't just paint text with a mouse and the paste it with a
>>> click of the scroll wheel. I have to rt-click copy and
>>> rt-click paste.
>>>
>>> Is this a feature gone with F16, or is this a gnome-ism that
>>> doesn't exist in xfce?
>>
>> for sure it isn't "gnome-ism" as that works (well, used to work)
>> in all X apps (via X11 Primary Selection feature), and also on
>> text console if you had mouse support via gpm
>>
>> you mention bash in the subject and then xfce ... so in fact it
>> stopped working for you in "Terminal", the XFCE terminal
>> application (http://www.xfce.org/projects/terminal)?
>>
>> could you try if that works for you in other applications?
>>
>> - if yes, check your Terminal config and eventually file bug
>> (look for one already existing) for Terminal
>>
>> - if not ... I'd suggest trying other environment (i.e. GNOME,
>> KDE, plain X with just xterm ...), then checking your mouse
>> mapping with xinput ...
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
>
> Taken me a while, but I've run lxde,xfce and gnome. paint and paste
> fails in all of them, in all apps, including the various terminals.
>
> Messed with xinput, but nothing seemed odd, though this is way beyond my
> skill level,
>
> xinput list
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
> ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎜   ↳ PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse               	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
> ...........
>
> xinput get-button-map 4
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
>
> xinput get-button-map 12
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
>
>
> and using xev, here's the output joint clicking on the xev square:
>
> EnterNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
>       root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 82322734, (15,7), root:(802,277),
>       mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
>       focus YES, state 16
>
> KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
>       keys:  4294967212 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
>     0   0
>              0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
>
> MotionNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
>       root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 82322734, (15,7), root:(802,277),
>       state 0x10, is_hint 0, same_screen YES
>
> MotionNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
>       root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 82322751, (12,3), root:(799,273),
>       state 0x10, is_hint 0, same_screen YES
>
> LeaveNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
>       root 0xac, subw 0x0, time 82322760, (7,-1), root:(794,269),
>       mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear, same_screen YES,
>       focus YES, state 16
>
> FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4c00001,
>       mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear
>
>
>
> I'd file a bug, but I have no clue under what heading.
>
> I keep hoping there's some obvious setting I've messed up.
>
> sean
>
  more snooping, and I found out that paint and paste is in fact gone, 
or at least no longer the default.

The developer of evdev decided to no longer have Emulate3Buttons = on as 
the default. Now this doesn't affect the synaptics driver, and doesn't 
matter to anyone with a real wheeled mouse. But if, as I do, you have a 
laptop that uses the evdev driver, you need to edit xorg.conf - which no 
longer exists.

See: 
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-evdev-middle-mouse-button-emulation.html

sean