Ubuntu
xinput package

Problems about swapping mouse buttons

Bug #1247534 reported by Xue Fuqiao on 2013-11-03

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xinput (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I use the following script to swap right-click and middle-click buttons:

  # swap middle and right button
  MY_MOUSE_ID=$(xinput list | grep "Mouse" | sed -r 's/.*id=([0-9]+).*/\1/')
  xinput --set-button-map ${MY_MOUSE_ID} 1 3 2

It can work, but after a while (about 30min-1h), the buttons automatically swap back so I have to execute the commands again...

I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 (with xinput 1.6.0-1). It's a USB optical mouse.

$ uname -a
Linux xfq-Inspiron-5437 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3

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Xue Fuqiao (xfq-free) wrote on 2013-11-03:

lsusb-v Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain)

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Xue Fuqiao (xfq-free) wrote on 2013-11-03:

lspci-vvnn Edit (29.5 KiB, text/plain)

Add lspci-vvnn.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2013-11-03:

The attachment "lsusb-v" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

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Xue Fuqiao (xfq-free) on 2013-11-03

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