Right mouse buttons stopped working

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:15, Brian J. Tarricone <brian at tarricone.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:07, 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?
>
> Er, I suspect there's nothing wrong with your right mouse button...
> just xfdesktop isn't running.

Sorry, missed the email where you said it is.

But I'd suggest quitting xfdesktop (xfdesktop --quit from a terminal),
and restart it in a terminal to look for any output.

     -brian