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[Robert Bullard <fw287@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

My Ubuntu terminal session returns command lsb_release -a as:
root@BobbyB-LinuxLaptop:/home/bobbyb# lsb_release -a 
LSB Version:	core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch 
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu 
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 
Release:	12.04 
Codename:	precise 

I have the unity-2d-shell running and the attached .png image file is
from my desktop_window Nautilus.  The only other 'application" that I
have started is "Screenshot" to take the .png image to reference what I
am reporting as the issue.

As a reference the .png image I took using the application Screenshot
after hoklding the right click mouse button down for about 10 seconds
more or less (Screenshot 2014-10-20 09:49:07
TenSecondHoldMouseRightClickButton.png).

The problem is that if I right click the mouse while the pointer is over
anything on  my desktop (e.g., a file, a folder, an image, etc etc etc)
and this right click is just a simple one time single right mouse button
click done just once, the drop down contextual  menu (such as shown in
the .png image) does not appear/drop down.  I have to hold the right
click mouse button down for an extended period of time (sometimes it is
a few seconds, sometimes 10seconds, sometimes a bit longer) and then the
drop down menu appears.  This is the problem....failure to respond to a
single simple right mouse click without my having to hold the button
down for an extended period of time.

This same type of thing happens when I am in my browser (e.g., Chromium
or Firefox.  I do a GOOGLE Search for example and the response comes
back showing a list of web page possibilities and I put the mouse
pointer over the link I want to open and right click the mouse once,
nothing happens.  I right click the mouse once again (or once again or
again or again etc etc etc) waiting seconds between any subsequent right
mouse button pressing and nothing happens.  If, however, I position the
mouse pointer over the web page link and I right click the mouse and
hold the right click button down for a few seconds (maybe as long as ten
seconds sometimes more or less) then the web link is activated as I had
initially expected that it should.  This delay in responding to the
right click is annoying and was not there a week ago  but is there
consistently now.  How do I change the mouse responsiveness or better
yet, why has it changed to behave like it does?

I have had this problem many many months ago off and on and on different
loads in 12.04LTS.  Not sure if it does or does not occur on any
previous releases or in 13.10 or 14.04.  It would occur for weeks on end
and then I would not see it again and mouse right click goes back to
working 'normally'.  I cannot say I did anything to change the mouse
right click behaviour.  But, now it is back again.  It seems to be
elusive in when it will/may occur and I cannot say for certain that it
is in relation to anything else I am doing or any other application I
have activated or using or that it is related to any specific mouse
activities or sequence of actions.  I have not changed/adjusted any
parameters related to mouse responsiveness and know of nothing available
that I may use to query mouse responsiveness or reset/change the mouse
right click responsiveness.

I am using and have more than always used a USB optical Microsoft 3
button wheel mouse.  I am right handed.  I don't think the mouse
type/manufacture or whether it is right or left handed is significant to
the problem.  I get no logs or anything indicating that there is a
problem with messaging or any problem with the system or the USB
hardware or the mouse itself.

I know that once it starts occurring then it happens all the time for a
period of sometime then, magically, it seems to clear itself up
reverting back to a one click mouse right click responding immediately
as expected.  Sometimes it reverts back only after days/weeks of
computer use.  I have restarted my system many times with nothing
changing.  I have used different USB ports for the mouse and it still
happens.  I have tried different types/makes/models/manufacturers of
mouse(s) (mice??) and it happens.  It happened when I had 12.04:LTS
Linux 3.2.0-67-generic or even with this latest updated kernel load that
was downloaded/applied just a week or so ago as a regular update offered
by Ubuntu software services (e.g., Linux 3.2.0-70-generic).  I have
never done any changes to change/reset any configuration files or
settings files so I cannot see why the responsiveness to the right click
button on the mouse has changed and is now behaving as it is.

As I said in the above text this has happened before.  It started out of
the blue as far as I can tell, the same thing with the mouse right click
not being responded to, then it didn't happen for a while and a single
non-held right click of the mouse worked as expected, then it started
happening again just the other day on this current Ubuntu load I now
have.

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Context menu shown only after holding mouse right click for about 10 seconds"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383355/+attachment/4240647/+files/Screenshot%202014-10-20%2009%3A49%3A07%20TenSecondHoldMouseRightClickButton.png

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Title:
  mouse right click responsiveness only after button being held down for
  5-10 seconds

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My Ubuntu terminal session returns command lsb_release -a as:
  root@BobbyB-LinuxLaptop:/home/bobbyb# lsb_release -a 
  LSB Version:	core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch 
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu 
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 
  Release:	12.04 
  Codename:	precise 

  I have the unity-2d-shell running and the attached .png image file is
  from my desktop_window Nautilus.  The only other 'application" that I
  have started is "Screenshot" to take the .png image to reference what
  I am reporting as the issue.

  As a reference the .png image I took using the application Screenshot
  after hoklding the right click mouse button down for about 10 seconds
  more or less (Screenshot 2014-10-20 09:49:07
  TenSecondHoldMouseRightClickButton.png).

  The problem is that if I right click the mouse while the pointer is
  over anything on  my desktop (e.g., a file, a folder, an image, etc
  etc etc) and this right click is just a simple one time single right
  mouse button click done just once, the drop down contextual  menu
  (such as shown in the .png image) does not appear/drop down.  I have
  to hold the right click mouse button down for an extended period of
  time (sometimes it is a few seconds, sometimes 10seconds, sometimes a
  bit longer) and then the drop down menu appears.  This is the
  problem....failure to respond to a single simple right mouse click
  without my having to hold the button down for an extended period of
  time.

  This same type of thing happens when I am in my browser (e.g.,
  Chromium or Firefox.  I do a GOOGLE Search for example and the
  response comes back showing a list of web page possibilities and I put
  the mouse pointer over the link I want to open and right click the
  mouse once, nothing happens.  I right click the mouse once again (or
  once again or again or again etc etc etc) waiting seconds between any
  subsequent right mouse button pressing and nothing happens.  If,
  however, I position the mouse pointer over the web page link and I
  right click the mouse and hold the right click button down for a few
  seconds (maybe as long as ten seconds sometimes more or less) then the
  web link is activated as I had initially expected that it should.
  This delay in responding to the right click is annoying and was not
  there a week ago  but is there consistently now.  How do I change the
  mouse responsiveness or better yet, why has it changed to behave like
  it does?

  I have had this problem many many months ago off and on and on
  different loads in 12.04LTS.  Not sure if it does or does not occur on
  any previous releases or in 13.10 or 14.04.  It would occur for weeks
  on end and then I would not see it again and mouse right click goes
  back to working 'normally'.  I cannot say I did anything to change the
  mouse right click behaviour.  But, now it is back again.  It seems to
  be elusive in when it will/may occur and I cannot say for certain that
  it is in relation to anything else I am doing or any other application
  I have activated or using or that it is related to any specific mouse
  activities or sequence of actions.  I have not changed/adjusted any
  parameters related to mouse responsiveness and know of nothing
  available that I may use to query mouse responsiveness or reset/change
  the mouse right click responsiveness.

  I am using and have more than always used a USB optical Microsoft 3
  button wheel mouse.  I am right handed.  I don't think the mouse
  type/manufacture or whether it is right or left handed is significant
  to the problem.  I get no logs or anything indicating that there is a
  problem with messaging or any problem with the system or the USB
  hardware or the mouse itself.

  I know that once it starts occurring then it happens all the time for
  a period of sometime then, magically, it seems to clear itself up
  reverting back to a one click mouse right click responding immediately
  as expected.  Sometimes it reverts back only after days/weeks of
  computer use.  I have restarted my system many times with nothing
  changing.  I have used different USB ports for the mouse and it still
  happens.  I have tried different types/makes/models/manufacturers of
  mouse(s) (mice??) and it happens.  It happened when I had 12.04:LTS
  Linux 3.2.0-67-generic or even with this latest updated kernel load
  that was downloaded/applied just a week or so ago as a regular update
  offered by Ubuntu software services (e.g., Linux 3.2.0-70-generic).  I
  have never done any changes to change/reset any configuration files or
  settings files so I cannot see why the responsiveness to the right
  click button on the mouse has changed and is now behaving as it is.

  As I said in the above text this has happened before.  It started out
  of the blue as far as I can tell, the same thing with the mouse right
  click not being responded to, then it didn't happen for a while and a
  single non-held right click of the mouse worked as expected, then it
  started happening again just the other day on this current Ubuntu load
  I now have.

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