[RabbieBurns]

im using the mousepad on my laptop, and there must be some part of it that acts as a middle click or something, because whenever im typing or using the mouse, it keeps pasting in whatever i last had in the clipboard, or whatever I might happen to have the mouse pointing over. Its really annoying. Im gonna go and buy a USB mouse at some point but till then would be great to know how to disable it.

[powdarrmonkey]

Originally Posted by RabbieBurns

im using the mousepad on my laptop, and there must be some part of it that acts as a middle click or something, because whenever im typing or using the mouse, it keeps pasting in whatever i last had in the clipboard, or whatever I might happen to have the mouse pointing over. Its really annoying. Im gonna go and buy a USB mouse at some point but till then would be great to know how to disable it.

Probably both buttons together simulates a third-button click, which pastes from the X clipboard. This might help: Sebastian’s blog HowTo: Disable “middle button” click when pressing left and right mouse button in X.Org 7.4

[RabbieBurns]

Thanks Ill check that out. Its happening not by pressing either left or right click, but something to do with the trackpad. Maybe theres a click emulation somewhere on the trackpad, certainly i can scroll down through pages by dragging the very right of the trackpad etc.

root@rubuntu:~# lshal | grep mouse
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
info.product = 'Macintosh mouse button emulation' (string)
input.product = 'Macintosh mouse button emulation' (string)
info.product = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)' (string)
pnp.description = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)' (string)
info.linux.driver = 'psmouse' (string)
info.callouts.add = {'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list)
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'input.touchpad'} (string list)
info.callouts.add = {'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list)
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)

Im not quite sure which is what I want ?

[powdarrmonkey]

The info.product entry. Turn:

<device>
  <match key=”info.capabilities” contains=”input.mouse”>
    <match key=”info.product” string=”<your mouse’s info.product>”>
      <merge key=”input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons” type=”string”>false</merge>
    </match>
  </match>
</device>

into:

<device>
  <match key=”info.capabilities” contains=”input.mouse”>
    <match key=”info.product” string=”Macintosh mouse button emulation”>
      <merge key=”input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons” type=”string”>false</merge>
    </match>
  </match>
</device>

[RabbieBurns]

thanks, added that.. will see if it works after i reboot in a while, cheers!

[RabbieBurns]

Originally Posted by RabbieBurns

thanks, added that.. will see if it works after i reboot in a while, cheers!

been meaning to reply to myself for a while.. This is still not fixed ..

[RabbieBurns]

Ive managed to remove this problem, by disabling the "tap mousepad for click" feature, which gets rid of my problem, but also removes the functionality a bit. But at least im not pasting random text in the middle of sentences any more which is good.