Gnome oddity: Mouse switching buttons

[tkalfaoglu]

I typically have pidgin and amsn, as well as firefox and thunderbird running.

Once in a while, the left mouse button ceases to function as the left button, and the right button becomes the left button, or almost.. I wonder if this is a bug, or am I hitting the left-handed-mouse function while typing accidentally??

PS: This is a laptop running Fedora 11.

-t

[Magickman]

Mouse is dirty. Unhook it and take out the little screw in the bottom. From the back side, begin to lift the white part off the base. Remover the top part that contains the buttons and have a look at the switches and roller wheel for dirt, hair, and other things. Clean this all using tuner cleaner, or a like substance. When dry, re-assemble the mouse and hook it up again.

[tkalfaoglu]

It's a wired laser mouse. I doubt very much it's dirt.. -t