[e-users] E 0.23.1-5 (deb) systemd upgrade

[Carsten Haitzler]

On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:56:30 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_e17 at merlins.org> said:

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 08:52:40AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > > alt+middle click resize works with 2 and 3 (trackpoint and USB mouse),
> > > but not trackpoint middle button.
> > > This is the weirdest thing, I don't even see how the trackpoint middle
> > > button can behave differently from the touchpad middle button, but they
> > > are.
> > 
> > have you used xev to find out what button that is or if it produces any
> > input at all like i suggested?
>  
> Ok, I found the problem
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/58900/how-to-scroll-the-screen-using-the-middle-click/421672
> 
> sauron:~$ xinput
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master
> pointer  (3)] ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer
> id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)] ⎜   ↳ USB Optical
> Mouse                       	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)] ⎜   ↳
> ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=14	[slave  pointer
> (2)] ⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech TrackPoint              	id=15
> [slave  pointer  (2)]
> 
> sauron:~$ xinput list-props 15
> Device 'ETPS/2 Elantech TrackPoint':
> 	Device Enabled (152):	1
> 	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (287):	0
> 	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (288):	0
> 	libinput Scroll Methods Available (289):	0, 0, 1
> 	libinput Scroll Method Enabled (290):	0, 0, 1
> 	libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (291):	0, 0, 1
> 
> sauron:~$ xinput set-prop 15 "libinput Scroll Method Enabled" 0, 0, 0
> 
> And voilà, now middle mouse window size drag works.
> Sigh, this was a stupid and unexpected default that was probably set by
> windows and saved in the hardware :(
> 
> Well, now that this is fixed, things are much better :)

hooray! and next time you know how to use xev to find out what is happening to
eventst too :)


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