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N.B. I don't know what the correct component name is; all I know is that using three-buttom emulation worked it Fedora 14 (and it has been available & working in Xorg / Xfree versions even predating Red Hat), it isn't working now, and I couldn't find a switch to enable it in the various settings menues. Description of problem: Fedora15, when installed on a Dell D830, does not enable three-button emulation Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Install Fedora 15 from DVD Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 15 2. Set up networking; Install xterm; run vi in xterm; enter some text, select it 3. press both left & right mouse buttons simultaneously Actual results: No text pasted. Expected results: Text pasted. Additional info:
I loaded f15 from f14 over the net. A 2-button Logitech mouse had been working successfully for many fedora versions. When running xfig graphics package I am unable to draw a straight line because this requires that the left mouse button be hit to start the line, then hold and drag to the final position, then hit the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously to mark the end of the line. It does not work any more. Hitting the right button causes the entire new line to disappear. Aparently the 3-button emulation does not work anymore with the f15 release.
I stumbled across this as I was trying to figure out the same problem. The answer, I believe, is here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Middle_mouse_button By default, GNOME 3 disables middle mouse button emulation regardless of Xorg settings (Emulate3Buttons). To enable middle mouse button emulation use: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled true I can report that this command worked for me. I would happily go into a rant about the wisdom of the GNOME people who explicitly override a policy setting made by the user who clearly is not smart enough to know how they want their mouse to work...but I've done that before and it didn't help.
This solves the problem for me. Thank you! And yes, this is a particularly arrogant move by the GNOME people.
The same is true in KDE.
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