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On Monday 23 May 2011, Stan Goodman wrote:
On Monday 23 May 2011 2022:27 Dylan Dylan <dylan@dylan.me.uk> wrote:
On Monday 23 May 2011, Stan Goodman wrote:
The system is desktop v11.3, KDE v4.4
Because of the behavior, I do not see how I could approach diagnosis, even if I had a clue what to do.
Sometime, wiggling the mouse cursor a bit makes the mouse responsive for a few seconds. When that doesn't work, sometimes letting it sit for a half hour or so frees it. Sometimes only the reset button does anything,
How can I deal with this problem?
You can try a different mouse ... you can clean your existing mouse (if it's a ball mouse, take the all out and scrape all the encrusted 'tuff' off the rollers iside - if it's an optial mouse then make sure the sensors are clear) ... you can plug the mouse into a different machine.
In another post you say this machine is 9 years old ... it the mouse the same age? Is it PS2 or USB (round or flat plug?) ...
The trackball is only a few months old, and my pride and joy because it is optical, works amazingly smoothly, and has no rollers to get crudded up with link like my previous ones. Therefore it was above suspicion, even while I consciously discarded the possibility that it could be at fault.. Prodded by you, I discovered a few cracker crumbs that had insinuated themselves under the ball and over the light sensors. My face is very red, I'm sorry for bothering people, and very grateful for the prodding.
Dx
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