Bug#335300: Left Handed mouse trouble with Kernel 2.6-x
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 09:26:34PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 14:00 +0530, Arpit Sud wrote:
> > Package: Kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> >
> > Version: 2.6.8-16
> >
> > When using a left handed mouse with a kernel of 2.6.x the primary
> > click does not work, although the movement and secondary click are
> > perfect(Here the
> > primary and secondary click mean the left and right click of a normal
> > right-handed mouse. I used this terminology to avoid confusion).
> > You cant blame it on X, bcoz with a kernel 2.4.x it works fine.
> > Also i have tried, changing the display manager and desktop
> > environment. Tried in two different sarge releases. Problem is only
> > when i boot with a kernel 2.6.x?
> >
> > I am using Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r0a, kernel 2.4.27-2-386(version 2.4.27-10)
> > and libc2.3.2.ds1-22.
>
> hey Arpit,
> Kernels released in sarge are unlikely to be updated for reasons other
> than security, and other critical bug fixes. Can you possibly check a
> later kernel, such as the linux-2.6.12 in testing, and see if its fixed
> there?
More preferably one of the backports thereof, do we have a standard url for
those one yet ? Or will we inaugurate kernel.debian.net with the 2.6.14
backports ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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