Bug#461366: gnome-screensaver: Mouse handedness can be problematic

[Simon Waters]

Package: gnome-screensaver
Version: 2.22.2-2
Followup-For: Bug #461366


GNOME allows the user to easily swap mouse control for left and right
handed operation.

With the option to switch users from the locked screen a potential new user has
no indication whether the mouse is configured for left or right handed use,
and may be confused as to why the mouse appears not to respond when they
click on "Switch User".

Since there are no right click (or is that left click?) operations in 
gnome-screenlock could the screensaver utilise any mouse presses for buttons?

There may be a more general solution that supports other pointer type devices.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-screensaver depends on:
ii  dbus-x11            1.2.1-5+lenny1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2              2.22.0-1             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme    2.22.0-1             GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.22.0-1             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6               2.7-18lenny2         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.6.4-7              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.2.1-5+lenny1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2    0.76-1               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1      2.6.0-3              generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6        2.3.7-2+lenny1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4         2.22.0-1             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [li 7.0.3-7              A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglade2-0         1:2.6.2-1            library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.16.6-2             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-menu2      2.22.2-4             an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnomekbd2        2.22.0-1             GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgnomekbdui2      2.22.0-1             User interface library for libgnom
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.12.12-1~lenny1     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6             2:1.0.4-1            X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnoti 0.4.4-3              sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpam0g            1.0.1-5+lenny1       Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.20.5-5             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpixman-1-0       0.10.0-2             pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii  libpng12-0          1.2.27-2+lenny2      PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6              2:1.0.3-2            X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6            2:1.1.5-2            X11 client-side library
ii  libxcb-render-util0 0.2.1+git1-1         utility libraries for X C Binding 
ii  libxcb-render0      1.1-1.2              X C Binding, render extension
ii  libxcb1             1.1-1.2              X C Binding
ii  libxcursor1         1:1.1.9-1            X cursor management library
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.3-2            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6              2:1.1.4-1            X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1        2:1.0.3-2            X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxklavier12       3.5-2                X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2             2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2          2:1.2.3-1            X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1         1:0.9.4-2            X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1             1:1.1.3-1            X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii  libxxf86misc1       1:1.0.1-3            X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio
ii  libxxf86vm1         1:1.0.2-1            X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-screensaver recommends:
pn  gnome-power-manager           <none>     (no description available)
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.22.3-2   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
pn  rss-glx                       <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages gnome-screensaver suggests:
pn  xscreensaver-data             <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information