Mouse/touchpad settings not showing in Settings menu [Solved]

[tkay11]

I am setting up my new MX linux (moving from Windows) and want to change the mouse button settings on my laptop to be left-handed, but it seems there is no "Mouse and Touchpad" setting in the "Application Menu > Settings >" Menu -- although this is recommended in the MX Manual.

I have searched the Tools menu, the applications and config files but found nothing in these of help. I have also searched the forums and the web without success.

I feel sure I am missing something in my ignorance, so would appreciate some guidance as to what to do.

My system info is:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-686-pae [6.1.140-1] arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-686-pae root=UUID=<filter> ro vga=791 quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_fluxbox_386
    Libretto April 13 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VGN-TZ11MN_N v: J002N414 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix v: R0052N7 date: 07/11/2007
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 58.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 58.1/62.6 Wh (92.8%) volts: 12.6 min: 10.8
    model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core2 U7500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core2 Merom built: 2006-09
    process: Intel 65nm family: 6 model-id: 0xF (15) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x5C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/1067 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores:
    1: 798 2: 798 bogomips: 4256
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-3.5 process: Intel 90nm built: 2005-06 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:27a2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Ricoh Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC7 [R5U870] type: USB driver: N/A
    bus-ID: 2-8:4 chip-ID: 05ca:183a class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: i915 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: i915 (: 945GM) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-686-pae status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Sony driver: sky2 v: 1.30 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4363 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4222 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Alps Bluetooth Controller (ALPS/UGPZ6) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6.2:5
    chip-ID: 044e:300d class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.0
    sub-v: 77b hci-v: 2.0 rev: 77b
  Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 118 GiB used: 7.72 GiB (6.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Zheino model: CHN-18ZIF001M-128 size: 118 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0803 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 118 GiB size: 115.59 GiB (97.96%) used: 7.72 GiB (6.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1990 libs: 985 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 172 Uptime: 1h 4m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 693.6 MiB (34.6%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR).

Thanks for any help!

Tony

[Eadwine Rose]

Moved to help. Not sharing tip nor trick.

[tkay11]

@Eadwine Rose : Many thanks for the reply and for posting to the help group. I do apologise for posting in the wrong group.

Tony

[Eadwine Rose]

That's ok, thank you :)

[j2mcgreg]

@tkay11
When you post long tracts like your QSI (above) please encase them in code tags which will make them easier to read and navigate here in the forums. If you click on the pencil icon (edit) beside post #1, you can see how it's done.

[CharlesV]

@tkay11 I am not a fluxbox person, but my understanding is they reverse the mouse buttons. Try running the following in a terminal

2 button mouse

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xmodmap -e "pointer = 2 1"

3 button mouse try

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xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"

[tkay11]

@j2mcgreg : Thanks for the suggestion. I went to edit and found that the code/uncode tags had somehow been applied. If it was you that did this, then many thanks. I hope it looks ok now.

@CharlesV : 321 worked! Thanks a lot! I've marked you post as solved.

Tony

[CharlesV]

@j2mcgreg : Thanks for the suggestion. I went to edit and found that the code/uncode tags had somehow been applied. If it was you that did this, then many thanks. I hope it looks ok now.

@CharlesV : 321 worked! Thanks a lot! I've marked you post as solved.

Tony

Excellent! Glad that is resolved.