Bug#461864: xserver-xorg: Mouse handedness changes arbitrarily
Tom Wright wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+10
> Severity: important
>
> I use KDE, so this may be related to that rather than to the X server
> directly.
>
Can you try without KDE? Just start X with 'startx /usr/bin/xterm' or so.
> I have my mouse set as left handed in KDE's control panel. Sometimes on login
> it appears left handed and sometimes it's right handed. This happens on two
> machines (both x86_64/unstable). If it's right-handed when I log in, I just
> pull up a terminal and do xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1" to correct it, which
> works.
>
Can you save the xmodmap config before modifying it? Does it change from
one reboot to the other?
(xmodmap -pp)
Brice
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