Mouse Button switch for left hand mouse is not working with 'xmodmap'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running below command to configure left hand mouse for a particular user and it is not working

$ xmodmap -e "pointer 3 2 1 4 5"

  • Command returns no error but there is no expected effect of it
  • "Use Left Hand Mouse" option in Gnome and KDE has same behavior

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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