"Frank Wilcox, Jr." <fewilcox_at_unity.ncsu.edu> writes:
> On Apr 17, 16:12, Chris Siebenmann wrote:
> > Subject: Re: FVWM: right click lock; vertical button bar?
> > | my right mouse button keeps "locking." The terminal behaves as if the
> > | right mouse button is being held down. This prevents me from being do
> > | anything...except reboot.
> >
> > This is almost certainly a hardware problem, due to a 'sticky' switch
> > inside the mouse itself. I've had similar things happen to my mice if
> > they're old (or gungy) enough.
> >
> > - cks
> >-- End of excerpt from Chris Siebenmann
>
> we have at least 70 terminals in this one lab...and at least a dozen labs
> across campus...one has 150+. I've had this trouble on nearly every terminal
> i've used (but only when i'm running fvwm2).
OK, maybe we are past the "hardware problem" stage. Yet I've never
heard anyone descibe an fvwm problem as mouse button locking.
I'm not completely clear on the symptom. When I press the right
button on my mouse, I get different reactions, depending on the
context. For example on the "root", fvwm pops up a menu. On most
other fvwm2 controls, I get no reaction at all. Within windows, I get
whatever the application does.
Whats happening to you?
Using "xev" you should see both button press and button release events.
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Received on Fri Apr 17 1998 - 16:36:49 BST