Right mouse buttons stopped working

Hi people,

My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.

So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).

She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
out why the right button stopped working?

Thanks,
John
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[Markus Hoenicka]

Quoting John Coppens <john@...>:

> Hi people,
>
> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>
> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>
> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> out why the right button stopped working?
>

I don't know whether it is related to your wife's problem, as I can  
imagine she frantically moved the mouse in order to get a response.  
But on my boxes Xfce always had the funny behaviour that the right  
mouse button wouldn't invoke the menu right after starting up Xfce  
until I moved the mouse at least a wee bit. Just clicking wouldn't do.

regards,
Markus



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[David Mohr-8]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, John Coppens <john@...> wrote:

> Hi people,
>
> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>
> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>
> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> out why the right button stopped working?

Does xev register the button click? You need to hold the mouse pretty
still or you won't be able to see the click event, since mouse
movement also generates events.

~David
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[Yves-Alexis Perez-2]

John Coppens a écrit :

> Hi people,
>
> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>
> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>
> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> out why the right button stopped working?

Does the button not work *anywhere*? Or only on the desktop, where she
would expect to have a menu on right clic, and doesn't? I'd check if
xfdesktop is running, and if not restart it, just in case.

Cheers,

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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:36:48 -0600
David Mohr <squisher@...> wrote:

> > She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> > out why the right button stopped working?
>
> Does xev register the button click? You need to hold the mouse pretty
> still or you won't be able to see the click event, since mouse
> movement also generates events.

Until I read about the Alt-F2 solution, I couldn't indicate her to run
xev. Now I've shown her (she came home to lunch), so she can test that...

Thanks for the suggestion.
John
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:52:38 +0100
Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...> wrote:

> > She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> > out why the right button stopped working?
>
> Does the button not work *anywhere*? Or only on the desktop, where she
> would expect to have a menu on right clic, and doesn't? I'd check if
> xfdesktop is running, and if not restart it, just in case.

Well, it doesn't work on the taskbar either, so I suspect that's not the
problem. But exiting/reentering X11 with Alt-Ctl-Backspace didn't solve
the problem, and I suspect that would restart xfdesktop, doesn't it?

BTW, xfdesktop _was_ running (I checked over the WiFi link).

John
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[Brian J. Tarricone-3]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:07, John Coppens <john@...> wrote:

> Hi people,
>
> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>
> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>
> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> out why the right button stopped working?

Er, I suspect there's nothing wrong with your right mouse button...
just xfdesktop isn't running.

     -brian
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[Brian J. Tarricone-3]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:15, Brian J. Tarricone <brian@...> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:07, John Coppens <john@...> wrote:
>> Hi people,
>>
>> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
>> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
>> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>>
>> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
>> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>>
>> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
>> out why the right button stopped working?
>
> Er, I suspect there's nothing wrong with your right mouse button...
> just xfdesktop isn't running.

Sorry, missed the email where you said it is.

But I'd suggest quitting xfdesktop (xfdesktop --quit from a terminal),
and restart it in a terminal to look for any output.

     -brian
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:16:24 -0700
"Brian J. Tarricone" <brian@...> wrote:

> But I'd suggest quitting xfdesktop (xfdesktop --quit from a terminal),
> and restart it in a terminal to look for any output.

Ok... Will try that tomorrow. Xev showed everything normal - so the key
events are generated normally.

John
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