I'm happy to know that this is not a problem with *Ubuntu (I found
Xubuntu is affected too), nevertheless I found that the problem can be
solved by simply editing xorg.conf as follows:
1. At the end of the section ServerLayout add the line
InputDevice XWorkAround
2. At the end of the
I haven't tried to install Kubuntu 7.04 yet in a real machine.
When booting from the live CD, all works correctly even inside VMware.
After installation on virtual HDD, still ok. After installation of latest
vmtools (build 45731) the problem appears (here attached the xorg.conf before
and after
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make
Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are using a software package
that is not provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of
this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug.
Please report
This definitely is a problem with vmware tools, your xorg.conf shows
that they are using there own mouse driver and mouse protocol.
I recently upgraded a Kubuntu Edgy virtual machine to Feisty through
the network and the problem did NOT appear.
Compare the vmmouse InputDevice sections in
Thanks for your bug report.
Does the problem only happen in VMware?
Do you have the same problem when booting from the Kubuntu desktop (live) CD?
After activating the Left handed function you can find out if both a right and
left click event are generated when one of the buttons is pressed.
Use
I have a similar problem. I am using a MacBook and the Bluetooh mouse
from Apple. When I reverse mouse buttons, I get the same behavior.
I think it's an xorg issue; I saw the same behavior with USB mouse with
X terminals, even though I am unsure of how to reproduce this problem
with other setups.
