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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:15:29 -0230
From:      Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Mouse clicks not registering
Message-ID:  <AC73643C-FEDF-499B-A203-F0BF750595A3@FreeBSD.org>

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Hello freebsd-x11,

I=E2=80=99m running a 10.1-RELEASE desktop in the Handbook-recommended =
configuration (dbus, hald and /dev/sysmouse as generated by `Xorg =
-configure`). I have a Dell-branded USB mouse plugged directly into the =
machine, not via any hub. My problem is that which I click mouse button, =
something (sysmouse? HAL? X?) stops listening to further clicks until I =
send a different mouse event (move the mouse, click a different button, =
etc.).

For instance, if I click in an xev window, it tells me:


```
ButtonPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
  root 0x2c4, subw 0x0, time 2489508586, (167,8), root:(1358,641),
  state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
  root 0x2c4, subw 0x0, time 2489508659, (167,8), root:(1358,641),
  state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES
```

but subsequent clicks do not register. It doesn=E2=80=99t matter if I =
double-click or wait 10 seconds before clicking, the left button gets =
ignored until I do something else with the mouse (e.g., move it a hair), =
at which point I can click again... but only once.

Any ideas how I can debug this problem at a lower level than xev? Is =
there a tool for watching /dev/sysmouse events? Is this a known issue =
with some aspect of my setup?

Thanks,


Jonathan Anderson
=E2=80=94
jonathan@FreeBSD.org=



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