On Fri, 24 May 2013, Wayne Topa wrote:
On 05/24/2013 10:01 AM, Bret Busby wrote:Hello. I am running Debian 6, with GNOME 2.30.2 (I think; when I select Help-> About, with a GNOME application, that is the version number shown). I have recently noticed a problem, with uncontrollable double (or multiple) mouse clicks, when a single click should be occurring, causing multiple problems. In the System -> Preferences -> Mouse configuration setting utility, is an option for adjusting the timeout for mouse double clicks, but, apparently not a means of adjusting (in this case, lowering) the sensitivity, or, increasing the lag time (?) between clicks, which could (would) force the system to wait a longer (if so set) time for registering a double click; for example, adjusting a setting, so that the system would wait for 1/10 second, or, 1/2 second, before registering a double click, so that, if a user does not get the finger off the mouse button within a thousandth of a second, a double click is not registered. Can this parameter be adjusted, so that a user is required to distinctly press the mouse button twice, after a set time, eg, 1/2 second, before a double click is registered, and, if it can be adjusted, how can it be adjusted? Thank you in anticipation.Brett Take a look at the manual page for gpm.conf. It might take some experimenting but that is what I use to control the mouse. Note that I do not run Gnome so your mileage may vary. HTH -- Wayne
Hello. In searching, I found http://csurs7.csr.uky.edu/cgi-bin/man/man2html?gpm.conf+5 and http://csurs7.csr.uky.edu/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+gpm and the second one has " SEE ALSO gpm-types(7) Description of current pointer types supported by gpmThe info file about `gpm', which gives more complete information and explains how to write a gpm client.
"In trying to finmd what I could from my sytem, I tried the following, with the results displayed;
" :~$ info gpm (no responce displayed) $ help gpmbash: help: no help topics match `gpm'. Try `help help' or `man -k gpm' or `info gpm'.
$ man gpm No manual entry for gpm $ man gpm.conf No manual entry for gpm.conf " I could not find the information needed.I assume (because it is not explained in the online reference cited above, at uky.edu for gpm.conf) that the particular parameter that needs to be adjusted, is the sampling parameter.
I do not know, but it is no more than a guess.In the Sobell books that I have, including "A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux", I can not find how to do what I need; the "Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux", does not include (that I was able to find) reference to gpm.conf, but, instead, referred to the GUI application for configuring the mouse driver, which allows for setting the double click timeout, but, not for setting a delay time so as to cause a user to double click, to get a double click, rather than double clicks inadvertently resulting from single clicks.
-- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................