My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware.
-- Bob Rea
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 12:39 -0500, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware.
Why not try a live CD, e.g. Knoppix or one of the dozens of others? This is a great way to start to sort out whether a suspected failure is hardware related. http://livecdlist.com -- N. B. Day N 39° 28' 25" W 119° 48' 37" 1404 meters up Diogenes up 1:27, 3 users, load average: 0.68, 0.33, 0.27 2.6.27.21-0.1-default x86_64 GNU/Linux openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday May 2 2009, N B Day wrote:
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 12:39 -0500, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware.
Why not try a live CD, e.g. Knoppix or one of the dozens of others? This is a great way to start to sort out whether a suspected failure is hardware related. http://livecdlist.com
How is that? How do you know it's not the same driver software that's included with whatever version of openSUSE he's running? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 02 May 2009 16:00:54 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Why not try a live CD, e.g. Knoppix or one of the dozens of others? This is a great way to start to sort out whether a suspected failure is hardware related. http://livecdlist.com
How is that? How do you know it's not the same driver software that's included with whatever version of openSUSE he's running?
If the problem still exists with a liveCD then you're right, it tells you nothing. But if the problem doesn't still exist with a liveCD, then you have learned that it's not hardware but a driver issue instead. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 18:00 -0500, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, N B Day wrote:
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 12:39 -0500, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware.
Why not try a live CD, e.g. Knoppix or one of the dozens of others? This is a great way to start to sort out whether a suspected failure is hardware related. http://livecdlist.com
How is that? How do you know it's not the same driver software that's included with whatever version of openSUSE he's running?
Randall Schulz Well, (1) the OP's problem is overwhelmingly likely to be a dirty mouse. (2) it used to work with his installed OS, and now it does not, so he could have suffered some sort of failure of his hard disk which caused
the mouse stuff not to load properly, or he's installed something else which interferes with the mouse. A new OS from a CD would certainly eliminate that (remote) possibility. It's quick and easy. -- N. B. Day N 39° 28' 25" W 119° 48' 37" 1404 meters up Diogenes up 4:00, 2 users, load average: 0.46, 0.47, 0.48 2.6.27.21-0.1-default x86_64 GNU/Linux openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat May 2 2009 7:50 pm, N B Day wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware. Well, (1) the OP's problem is overwhelmingly likely to be a dirty mouse.
It's an optical mouse. One further question. Do I just plug the new mouse in, or do I need to close things first? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday May 4 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
On Sat May 2 2009 7:50 pm, N B Day wrote:
On Saturday May 2 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem?
If it's slowly changing, it's probably the hardware.
Well, (1) the OP's problem is overwhelmingly likely to be a dirty mouse.
It's an optical mouse.
Microswitches can wear out, too. You weren't entirely clear about the symptoms. "Losing its grip" isn't particularly descriptive.
One further question. Do I just plug the new mouse in, or do I need to close things first?
USB human-interface devices are all plug-and-play. The only thing that might need attention is the acceleration settings.
-- Bob Rea
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon May 4 2009 9:32 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Microswitches can wear out, too. You weren't entirely clear about the symptoms. "Losing its grip" isn't particularly descriptive.
In this case I meant it literally. In solitaire it has trouble gripping the cards and often drops them midway in the move.
One further question. Do I just plug the new mouse in, or do I need to close things first?
USB human-interface devices are all plug-and-play. The only thing that might need attention is the acceleration settings.
Thanks. -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday May 4 2009, Bob Rea wrote:
On Mon May 4 2009 9:32 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Microswitches can wear out, too. You weren't entirely clear about the symptoms. "Losing its grip" isn't particularly descriptive.
In this case I meant it literally. In solitaire it has trouble gripping the cards and often drops them midway in the move.
That is clearly a microswitch problem. They're not common, but they do occur. (Do you take out your frustration by hitting the mouse button(s) very hard? I ask 'cause I've ruined keyboards that way...)
...
Bob Rea
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon May 4 2009 10:54 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
That is clearly a microswitch problem. They're not common, but they do occur. (Do you take out your frustration by hitting the mouse button(s) very hard? I ask 'cause I've ruined keyboards that way...)
No, never have banged down the mouse, tempted tho I may be. Put new mouse on and it works just fine. Thanks to all for the help. -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob Rea wrote:
On Mon May 4 2009 9:32 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Microswitches can wear out, too. You weren't entirely clear about the symptoms. "Losing its grip" isn't particularly descriptive.
In this case I meant it literally. In solitaire it has trouble gripping the cards and often drops them midway in the move.
Maybe the cards are dirty. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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