Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on a Dell XPS 13 laptop with an external mouse and keyboard connected via a USB switch.*
I've set the mouse to left-handed operation (i.e. primary mouse button = right) using gnome-control-center; this works fine for a while and shows the expected setting on the command line: > gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse left-handed true ...however if I leave the laptop for a while and come back to it, the mouse has reverted back to right-handed operation. The really curious thing is that gnome-control-center still shows the expected setting (primary mouse button = right). To set the mouse as desired, I have to change the primary mouse button to left and then back to right in gnome-control-center. It's almost as if gsettings is reverting the mouse configuration and becoming out of sync with gnome-control-center. *The laptop is connected to a monitor using a single USB-C cable; the monitor acts as a USB hub and is connected to a USB switch such that I can use a single keyboard and mouse with two machines. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.36.4-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.11 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Nov 11 19:51:39 2020 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20190418-59+beaver-osp1+X00 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-04 (99 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20190418-12:10 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-22 (50 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1903910 Title: Primary mouse button setting reverts to default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1903910/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs