Re: [SLUG] middle button copy/paste fails

2010-07-17 Thread Ken Foskey
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 13:39 +1000, david wrote:
 I'm used to selecting text and then pasting using the emulated middle 
 mouse button on a two button mouse.
 
 This works most of the time but occasionally stops working and worse, it 
 does unpredictable things until re-boot, which is truly annoying. I'm 
 using Ubuntu 9.10
 
 Does anyone have any suggestions why this happens and what to do about 
 it apart from logging out/in?

I have found middle button emulation really bad to actually use.   I
would rather buy a cheap usb mouse than rely on it.

Ken


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[SLUG] middle button copy/paste fails

2010-07-16 Thread david
I'm used to selecting text and then pasting using the emulated middle 
mouse button on a two button mouse.


This works most of the time but occasionally stops working and worse, it 
does unpredictable things until re-boot, which is truly annoying. I'm 
using Ubuntu 9.10


Does anyone have any suggestions why this happens and what to do about 
it apart from logging out/in?


thanks

David.
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