Ah, sorry. Just reread your email and see you did try that. If I were concerned a change in code broke it, I would look at change logs or `diff` the code.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 1:54 PM Clout Tolstoy <tolstoycl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried the mice on another OS or install of plan9? > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 1:13 PM <cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org> wrote: > >> I have a couple of HP M-U0013-O USB optical mice which have recently >> began generating phantom mouse clicks. I'm at a complete loss for >> figuring out what's going on, here. >> >> Based on the recommended hardware list on the Plan 9 Wiki (back when it >> was still live), I bought a Hewlett Packard DY651A USB optical mouse. >> Knowing that everything eventually breaks, I actually ordered two of >> them, so I would have one as a "critical spare" to swap-in when/if the >> first mouse ever failed. The mice which I received were actually model >> M-U0013-O, not DY651A, but they appeared the same as the DY651A. I had >> been using the M-U0013-O regularly, for about 13 years, without any >> problems, since I bought the pair of mice in 2011. >> >> Then, just a couple of months ago, one of the M-U0013-O began generating >> spurious button-1 clicks. When I pressed down button-1, the mouse would >> behave as if I was pressing and releasing button-1 in rapid succession. >> It was kind of like the mouse somehow switched from semi-automatic to >> full automatic fire. :) But it didn't happen with buttons 2 or 3, just >> button 1. Since the mouse was more than a decade old, and button 1 is >> used more than buttons 2 or 3, I figured some metal part (maybe a spring >> or switch) had fatigued. The malfunction appeared to be classic switch >> bouncing, so I swapped out the first M-U0013-O for the "critical spare" >> M-U0013-O. To my amazement, the second M-U0013-O exhibited the same >> exact behavior (phantom rapid-fire button-1 clicks) despite the fact >> that it had been sitting, unused, in a box for 13 years. >> >> The strange thing is how intermittent the malfunctions are. Sometimes >> button-1 works fine. Other times, it acts like someone secretly slipped >> an autoseer into the mouse. It happens whether the mouse is connected >> to a desktop or to a laptop. It happens at home, and away from home. >> It also happens when I use the laptop in a completely different town. >> When there is RFI on a USB cable, the Linux kernel's USB driver will >> often generate errors, but I wasn't receiving any of those error >> messages. There aren't any cell towers near my house. There is a cell >> site hidden in the steeple of a nearby church, but that's been there for >> decades, and there's no way it could possibly affect my mouse when I'm >> two towns away. Although they are easily hidden, I'm not aware of any >> 5G antennae in the area which have gone up in the past couple of months. >> Both my next-door neighbor and I are ham radio operators. But, like the >> cell site, that couldn't cause these problems when I'm out of town. I >> never carry a cell phone, smartwatch, or even any devices that use >> Bluetooth. The only wireless charger I use (for my toothbrush) sits at >> home, next to the sink. I've even checked the "spaceweather." These >> phantom clicks occur even when the spaceweather is clear: no solar >> flares or geomagnetic storms. >> >> Yes, I'm sure I'm using the mouse correctly, just the same as I have for >> the past decade. This is not user error! I don't have parkinsons, >> seizures, or a pacemaker. I'm not sneezing while I click. I'm not >> shivering from cold or trembling in fear. I'm quite certain I'm not >> hallucinating the spurious clicks, either. I'm just completely baffled. >> >> The thought of "planned obsolesence" came to mind... both mice might >> have been designed to fail after a certain period of time after their >> manufacture. But one of them went completely unused (and, thus, unworn) >> that whole time. Even if the failure were pre-programmed in firmware, >> there's no way the spare mouse could possibly know what year it is, >> because the USB HID protocol doesn't report that information to mice. >> It's also highly unlikely that anyone could have sabotaged the mice. I >> keep tight physical control over my hardware and... more realistically, >> why would anyone pull such a BIZARRE prank? I have made no changes to >> either hardware or software during the past couple of months, when the >> strange behavior began. >> >> Has anyone here experienced this problem with the HP DY651A or M-U0013-O >> mice? Since it's recommended "Plan 9" hardware, I figure someone else >> here might have encountered the same problem. Any idea what could be >> causing these mice to hallucinate mouse clicks? ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T6b4baee49a9f704b-Me5285dcf4c957ce0074befc4 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
