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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: Mouse freezes randomly but often (solved somehow)
From:       Daniel Bauer <linux () daniel-bauer ! com>
Date:       2022-09-20 12:18:53
Message-ID: d1deb819-5490-48a4-c637-e5fbadd28229 () daniel-bauer ! com
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Am 17.09.22 um 20:45 schrieb Daniel Bauer:
> 
> 
> Am 17.09.22 um 20:18 schrieb Daniel Bauer:
>>
>>
>> Am 17.09.22 um 19:20 schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
>>> * Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> [09-17-22 13:08]:
>>>> * Daniel Bauer <linux@daniel-bauer.com> [09-17-22 10:50]:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 17.09.22 um 13:59 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
>>>>>> On 2022-09-17 12:19, Daniel Bauer wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello, since today I have a big problem with my mouse. It freezes
>>>>>>> randomly. As much as I can see, only the mouse freezes (I can use
>>>>>>> the keyboard, the gkrellm window shows activities, the radio keeps
>>>>>>> running).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It starts with stagnant movement of the mouse, then it freezes
>>>>>>> completely for several seconds and then the cursor jumps to where I
>>>>>>> move it last. Then it works normal for a while, but soon starts
>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the problem since today (yesterday I run the updates).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had the same problem like a month ago, but then it went away
>>>>>>> "magically" after I changed the mouse-receiver to another usb-plug,
>>>>>>> but this time it doesn't help...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course I changed the battery of the mouse, I also changed to
>>>>>>> another mouse (of the same model), plugged the wireless receiver to
>>>>>>> several different usb-plugs at the computer... reboot only helps for
>>>>>>> a short while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They are logitech wireless mouses.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you try to plug the mouse on another computer?
>>>>>
>>>>> Both mouses work on a laptop running 15.2. On the other hand I am 
>>>>> not 100%
>>>>> sure because the problem occurs randomly... Still, it would be 
>>>>> strange if
>>>>> the same problem occurs in the same moment with two different mouse of
>>>>> different age...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Or boot your computer with a live system, to see if it is hardware or
>>>>>> software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is complicated because the problem doesn't occur immediately.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now - I left the computer without using for approx. two hours 
>>>>> - the
>>>>> mouse works normal, while before I couldn't do anything that 
>>>>> requires the
>>>>> mouse...
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the feeling (only the feeling) that it could be related to 
>>>>> the use of
>>>>> the GIMP with several windows open. But I am not sure.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought, maybe the system is swapping, but it wasn't, I checked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another suspicion I have is that it could be related to an ssh disk 
>>>>> I was
>>>>> using for the images I edited in Gimp. Again, only a guts feeling. 
>>>>> Don't
>>>>> know how I could find out...
>>>>
>>>> clean battery poles/contacts and/or try a new battery.
>>>
>>> maybe move radio to a more accessable position.
>> (it is internet radio running in a browser window)
>>
>> since my last mail I am working in Gimp and the mouse works...
>>
>> Indeed I had two mobile phones laying on the table right to the side 
>> of the mouse pad.
>>
>> I also moved the files from that ssd to another disk.
>>
>> So right now I don't know, if it is a coincidence, or if it has to do 
>> with the phones or with the ssd.
>>
>> I'll continue to work for approx. an hour. Tomorrow I'll test again 
>> after rebooting. If it's still ok, I'll first try for a while with the 
>> phones next to the mouse, and if this doesn't disturb it, I'll try 
>> again with files on the ssd.
>>
>> I hope I'll find out with that. I'll keep you updated, but it will 
>> take a day or two to hopefully exclude coincidences...
>>
>> (I'll clean the poles in the mouse after those tests or if it starts 
>> to make problems again without the phones/with the "normal" disk... :-) )
> 
> One shouldn't be too happy too early... right after I sent the last 
> post, the mouse went crazy again.
> 
> I cleaned the contacts.
> I tried with the last kernel, same problem.
> Because I've read somewhere that it could be a graphics problem, I 
> re-installed all Nvidia in cosole-Yast (runlvel 3), rebooted...
> 
> The problem occurs since the very first moment of logging into KDE...

So, on Sunday I went to the next Chinese shop (they are always open) and 
bought a 5€-cable-mouse. It worked perfectly, apart of that it makes a 
lot of noise, clicks hard and the wheel feels as if it wouldn't really 
love to be turned...

Today I received a new cabled Logitech silent mouse. It also works 
perfect and my problems have disappeared (knock on wood).

I don't know if actually both my wireless mouses (mice, sorry) got 
defective at the same moment, or if the system has a problem with them.

For the moment I am happy with the cabled mouse. I don't know yet if I 
stay with it, it's nice not to have to use batteries...
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