Re: tlug: X question

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "ash" == Andrew S Howell <andy@example.com> writes:

>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Bennett <bennett@example.com> writes:
    Frank> Cut and paste recently broke on the X server on my laptop.
    Frank> I've never seen this happen before.  Can this be caused by
    Frank> configuration problems?  What's the deal?

    Frank> I'm not sure when this happened, because I use X cut and
    Frank> paste infrequently.  I noticed it after shifting to the
    Frank> Neomagic server, but the problem stuck when I switched back
    Frank> to the TL SVGA server.  I'm puzzled, and really don't know
    Frank> where to start on this one.

This can happen if you reinstall a TurboLinux server (at least the
beta versions) because it wipes your XF86Config.  It can also happen
if you use a 3-button mouse on the desktop and the (invariably)
2-button device on the notebook itself.

The culprit I have in mind is the presence or lack of Emulate3Buttons
or ChordMiddle in the XF86Config.

    ash> Hmm, that is strange. The other day I suddenly was not able
    ash> to bring up the xterm menus, that is holding the ctrl key and
    ash> hitting a mouse button. It went away when I restarted X. I
    ash> don't have the foggiest as to what went wrong....

This sounds like something changed your translations or keyboard map.
Possibly unrelated to the above, especially if it was all menus.

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