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[Shaheed Haque <828893@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Seems SOLVED, for me at least ]

First I installed evtest ("aptitude install evtest"), and then by trying
each input device in turn [1], found the one that my Synaptics touchpad
was connected to would not respond to the left button:

root@shahhaqu-w500:~# evtest /dev/input/event7
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x11 vendor 0x2 product 0x7 version 0x1b1
Input device name: "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
Supported events:
  Event type 0 (Sync)
  Event type 1 (Key)
    Event code 272 (LeftBtn)
    Event code 273 (RightBtn)
    Event code 325 (ToolFinger)
    Event code 330 (Touch)
  Event type 3 (Absolute)
    Event code 0 (X)
      Value   5557
      Min     1472
      Max     5598
    Event code 1 (Y)
      Value   4803
      Min     1408
      Max     4670
    Event code 24 (Pressure)
      Value      0
      Min        0
      Max      255
    Event code 28 (Tool Width)
      Value      0
      Min        0
      Max       15
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1313919894.959784, type 1 (Key), code 273 (RightBtn), value 1
Event: time 1313919894.959793, -------------- Report Sync ------------
Event: time 1313919895.138543, type 1 (Key), code 273 (RightBtn), value 0
Event: time 1313919895.138548, -------------- Report Sync ------------

Plenty of right button ok, but no left button events. I disassembled the
front of the case, and noticed that the cable/flexible PCB that
connected it was creased and twisted. Untwisting the cable seems to have
done the trick. Then I remembered that for a recent memory upgrade, the
tech had opened this exact part of the case...

At any rate, evetest allowed me to see this was happening before the X
server.

[1] The numberig of the device seems to vary from boot to boot for me.

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  left mouse button ignored

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