RE: FW: xorg-server 1.13.1-1: problems with xterm

["PRIKHODKO, GEORGE" <gp1865 at att dot com>]

> 
> On 06/02/2013 17:18, PRIKHODKO, GEORGE wrote:
> > After upgrading xorg-server and xorg-server-common packages from
> 1.13.0-1
> > to 1.13.1-1 version, xterm stopped responding to mouse events. I can
> select
> > a text in a xterm window, but I cannot paste in it using middle button;
> > holding Ctrl button and pressing one of mouse buttons doesn't bring 'Main
> > Options' or 'VT Fonts' menus. After rolling back to 1.13.0-1 version
> > everything works as I expect.
> >
> > I have four computers WIndows XP, Vista, 7 and 8, and run XWin in
> > multi-window mode:
> >
> > XWin -ac -clipboard -emulate3buttons -lesspointer -multiwindow
> >
> > All four computers show the same symptoms.
> 
> It's really not necessary write 3 emails about this, and certainly doesn't get
> you a reply any faster.
> 
> I can't reproduce this problem.
> 
> Are you using a 3-button mouse? Does removing -emulate3buttons help?

It is a trackball: Logitech Marble  Mouse T-BC21.
After removing -emulate3buttons Ctrl+Left/Right button produces a menu.
> 
> Is this a local xterm process, or one on a remote computer you are
> connecting to?

Both, local and remote.
> 
> Is it only xterm which doesn't respond to mouse buttons or are other
> programs
> affected?

I didn't go further.
> 
> > A couple of days ago a new version of xorg-server, 1.13.2-1, came out. It
> > still has same problem and it is impossible to return to 1.13.0-1 from
> > setup.exe after installing 1.13.2-1 version.
> 
> Yes, it is an unfortunate deficiency of setup that only 1 previous version is
> allowed.
> 
> If you still have the downloaded package, you should be able to downgrade
> to
> 1.13.0-1 using the "Install from local directory" option in setup.
> 
> > Could you tell me whether I am doing something wrong or it is a bug? Is
> > there a workaround? Where can I find sources of the packages?
> 
> This sounds like a bug, although I hope someone else would have mentioned
> it
> if it was widespread.
> 
> Detailed and possibly accurate instructions for obtaining the source code can
> be found in the Contributor's Guide at [1]
> 
> [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/cg/

Thank you,
George.

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