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[Chris Perry <clissold345@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The page mouse-middleclick.html gives a link to:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#A2-button_Mice

It seems to be a software workaround for a hardware bug that affects
some mice (presumably pressing the left and right mouse buttons at the
same time doesnt generate middle-click until the workaround is applied).
Is the hardware bug still common? Are the instructions still correct? If
yes to both questions then I think the software workaround should be
incorporated into the desktop help (we shouldn't be relying on a link
into the middle of an old wiki page - eg I know what "natty and newer"
means but people new to Ubuntu won't know).

** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631718

Title:
  Middle-click emulation quirk

Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The page mouse-middleclick.html gives a link to:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#A2-button_Mice

  It seems to be a software workaround for a hardware bug that affects
  some mice (presumably pressing the left and right mouse buttons at the
  same time doesnt generate middle-click until the workaround is
  applied). Is the hardware bug still common? Are the instructions still
  correct? If yes to both questions then I think the software workaround
  should be incorporated into the desktop help (we shouldn't be relying
  on a link into the middle of an old wiki page - eg I know what "natty
  and newer" means but people new to Ubuntu won't know).

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