Right mouse buttons stopped working

[David Mohr]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, John Coppens <john at jcoppens.com> wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> My wife sent me a mail (from her job) that the right mouse button stopped
> working. Changing mice doesn't solve the problem, neither does
> entering/exiting xfce. Once a program is started, the button _does_ work.
>
> So, it's not impossible to call the application menu by right-clicking
> the background (I had removed the menu button in the toolbar).
>
> She can now start programs using Alt-F2 (run menu), but how do I find
> out why the right button stopped working?

Does xev register the button click? You need to hold the mouse pretty
still or you won't be able to see the click event, since mouse
movement also generates events.

~David