I'm on 10.04. I'm right handed, but I use the left handed option some times to give my right hand a break. Been using my right hand for a few months now so decided to switch over today but there was no change with system->preferences->mouse. xmodmap does work.
Output from xinput list is: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ USB Optical Mouse id=8 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 id=10 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] -- Left handed mouse settings no longer working after system update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426675 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs