Bug#710509: linux-image-3.8-2-amd64: Click with the middle button of the DualPoint Stick doesn't always have an immediate effect
On 2013-05-31 15:27:11 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> A click with the middle button of the DualPoint Stick (above the
> touchpad) on my Dell Latitude E6400 doesn't always have an immediate
> effect: I sometimes need to press a key to see the effect (pasted
> data). This problem is recent.
>
> I could reproduce it several times, only in Emacs. But I doubt that's
> an Emacs problem, because when a USB mouse is attached, I never have
> any problem with the middle button (I don't think Emacs can notice a
> difference between a mouse and the DualPoint Stick buttons).
Not sure, but this could actually be an issue with the X server.
I no longer have this machine, but I can reproduce a similar problem,
also specific to the middle button associated with the pointstick,
on another laptop, where there is no issue at the input event level
(as seen with the input-events utility), only for the X event.
The bug report is the following one:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=977996
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