How to enable middle mouse button in Ubuntu 16.04?


Eli Erding

The issue is specific to the solution in the given version (16.04). Feel free to mark this as a duplicate, but it was created for the latest version user's solution. We can't simply google any solution for 16.04 and keep looking for it .

Ok, I try to model things in Blender on Ubuntu 16.04. As you might expect, it uses MMB quite frequently. One solution is to change MMB to something else, but Blender uses almost all keys to do almost anything, and you don't know when to use one of them.

Regarding this solution, one way is to change the MMB to a super key. However, I use it a lot. So, what I'm asking is, how to make MMB actually work in Ubuntu 16.04 .

I used to xevclean everything up. The mouse wheel down/up action acts like a charm, but the MMB click doesn't respond.

I am using a Toshiba Satellite L450, detailed hardware information will be given below.

Any solutions (as answers) or bug tracker links (as comments) are welcome.

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [1179:fc50]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: mei_me
    Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.6 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 [8086:1c1c] (rev b4)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c49] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
    Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: ahci
    Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [10de:0dec] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0bea] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems GF108 High Definition Audio Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
08:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:0194] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [11ad:6613]
    Kernel driver in use: ath9k
    Kernel modules: ath9k
0a:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1083] (rev c0)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1179:fc50]
    Kernel driver in use: atl1c
    Kernel modules: atl1c
Eli Erding

I don't know if this is still an issue with packages in the Ubuntu repositories. However, Blender in Steam accepts middle mouse button input just fine.

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