On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:28:29 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:57 +0000, Curt wrote: > > On 2013-10-22, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > > > > > I've got this rather weird problem atm, in that if I mouse-over > > > something it is picked up by the mouse! I can mouse-over text and > > > it is immediately highlighted! How can I [a] stop this, and/or > > > [b]re-calibrate the mouse to get rid of this behaviour. Its > > > developed overnight for some reason, and has even survived > > > rebooting. I'm not aware of doing anything to provoke/create this > > > weird behaviour, but its really winding me up! Can anyone suggest > > > some solutions please? > > > > > > > I'd plug in and test another mouse in order eliminate the defective > > hardware possibility. > > Or use this mouse in another port or better with another computer. > Booting another OS, e.g. a Linux from a live media is useful. I've just unplugged all usb devices, and powered down and left it for 10 minute’s, restarted and then plugging in the usb devices once I’d got a desktop again. So now I'm just evaluating whether I've got rid of the problem. But it doesn't seem to have cleared it, the problem still remains. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ my git repo = https://github.com/boudiccas/dots Debian 7.2, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.1.0.4 Registered Linux user 561944
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