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Old 01-15-2017, 07:26 AM   #1
patrick295767
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How do I disable middle mouse button click paste in Xorg/X11?

Hello,

Which method would be the best to disable middle mouse button click paste in Xorg/X11?

I use the following solution:
Code:
# remove the middle click x11
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 25 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
Best regards
Pat'

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herewith my .xinitrc link
 
Old 01-15-2017, 04:03 PM   #2
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seeing as you do not inform us as to what Desktop you are using

set that is this unknown DE's settings
the "xorg.conf" is no longer used and has not been needed for many years
 
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Old 01-16-2017, 02:55 PM   #3
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