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[Bryce Harrington <575465@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: xinput
+ [Impact]
+ Hardware-specific issue which results in certain mouse models to get detected as keyboard, which can cause problems in various applications, depending on how they interact with the mouse.
  
+ [Development Solution]
+ Patch is already present in the xserver in natty as fixed by upstream.
+ 
+ [Release Solution]
+ Patch linked in comment #11 applies to maverick and was tested to solve the issue.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ With affected hardware, run mangler and set the  "Enable Mouse Button Push to Talk" option.  Set mouse to "Virtual core XTest", then click the "Set" button and press middle mouse button.  Without the fix, there will be no effect, with the fix the program will trigger an event as appropriate.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ Mild.  The patch was taken into the stable release branch, and we've been carrying this change in Natty without any complaints as far as I know.  The patch itself just tweaks the ordering of device detection a smidge; there's essentially no chance of crashes or other serious problems.  Worst case would be behavioral change in oddball input devices.
+ 
+ [Original Report]
  inside mangler
  
  I have the "Enable Mouse Button Push to Talk" checked
  
  Select Mouse is set to "Virtual core XTEST pointer
  
  I then clicked the "Set" button and pressed my middle mouser (Wheel)
  button
- 
  
  When I try to use my middle mouse button it does not transmit.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: xinput 1.5.0-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue May  4 19:18:23 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.utf8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=en_US.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xinput

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Title:
  [Needs SRU] unable to use mouse buttons to trigger events in mangler