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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse pain
From:       mad.scientist.at.large () tutanota ! com
Date:       2023-05-15 0:46:50
Message-ID: NVRrx0O--3-9 () tutanota ! com
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The switches themselves do that when they start to wear out.   I've had it happen to \
a number of mice/track balls.   Indeed I'll soon be replacing those switches on \
several track balls and I'll use better switches that have the same dimensions.   It \
may be worth trying to de-dust and de-dust bunny them but it probably isn't the \
problem.

--"Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their \
political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy \
in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege." Tommy Douglas




May 14, 2023, 15:06 by ma3oxuct@gmail.com:

> On Sun, May 14, 2023, 13:46 Jack <> ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net> > wrote:
> 
> > On 5/14/23 16:33, Wols Lists wrote:
> > > I've been having grief with my mouse for a while, and all the help I 
> > > can find is "how to adjust mouse speed", which is not my problem... 
> > > and seems to be about the only thing that is adjustable ...
> > > 
> > > Basically even something as simple as left click doesn't work 
> > > properly. I'm guessing it's timing related, but I can't find anywhere 
> > > to adjust it. The symptoms are single clicks get interpreted as double 
> > > or treble clicks, and when I try (especially in games) to do a "drag 
> > > to select", the area the mouse drags over bears precious little 
> > > resemblance to the are the mouse actually is. Combined with the 
> > > "double click effect" it makes the mouse - randomly :-( ! - almost 
> > > unusable.
> > 
> 
> I've had the same issue pop up on several occassions and the solution both times \
> was to use an air duster under the click buttons to push dust out. It drove me  \
> crazy for a long time thinking it was software-related. Hopefully it is as simple \
> as that for you :) 
> 
> > > 
> > > It might well be tied into system lock-ups, as every now and then the 
> > > system simply stops responding, as in either the mouse and keyboard 
> > > just no longer work, or the mouse moves freely but the system just 
> > > ignores it.
> > > 
> > > Basically I just don't know how - or where - to start debugging it
> > > 
> > > (systemd, kde system)
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Wol
> > 
> > only some more straws to grab at
> > 
> > - any hints in dmesg?
> > 
> > - if it is a USB mouse, have you tried plugging it into a different 
> > port?   Have you tried a different mouse (to be sure it's not a hardware 
> > issue)
> > 
> > - have you tried xev?
> > 
> > - I have no idea if any of the settings in System 
> > Settings/Accessibility/Mouse Navigation might help, or at least help 
> > with debugging.
> > 


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