KDE, Debian Sid and Left Handed Mouse.

Yes I am left handed, and it seems there is a bug for Left handed people to be fixed if you use KDE in Debian Sid.

Since the bug is not fixed yet, here is a simple workaround to fix this issue. (It worked for me)

Open your Konsole,
now type :

xmodmap -e “pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7″

and key in enter and check if your mouse works correctly, if it does we can make an executable.

cd .kde/Autostart/

nano -w switchleft.sh

Put in the following line:

xmodmap -e “pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7″

now close nano with the command ctrl – x and when it asks to save, answer y.
now we have to make switchleft.sh executable, we can do this with the command:

chmod +x switchleft.sh

(assuming you are still in .kde/Autostart/)

Thats it, it should work now.
If your mouse does not like my suggestion you can also try

xmodmap -e “pointer = 3 2 1 6 7 4 5″

instead.

Good luck

Tuxicity.

Resources; bugs.kde.org.

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