On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100 Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:18:12 +0200 > Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkh...@t-online.de> wrote: > > > Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 +0000 > > > "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > > > > > Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then go from there. > > > > > > > > > > > Not much to go on so far. Thanks for your suggestions. This > > > > > looks like a bug in an upgrade, but I can't see evidence of > > > > > anyone else seeing it. > > > > > > > > > > This is the real problem with running sid: not that things > > > > > break, but that they only break for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you run sid, you are absolutely expected to be able to > > > > resolve any problems you encounter. If it breaks, you get to > > > > keep both pieces. That's the contract with sid, more than with > > > > the other tranches of Debian (which comes with no overall > > > > warranty). > > > > > > > > If you want increased stability and less shiny new stuff, you > > > > run stable or, if you feel able to help debug and develop it, > > > > testing. > > > > > > > > Them's the breaks: and, as ever, DontBreakDebian by mixing > > > > different suites. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I know all that, I've been running sid since sarge was > > > stable, and only had to reinstall twice in that time. > > > > One idea is to try a minimalistic window manager as twm to find out > > if the issue is related to xfce. > > OK, tried twm and fvvm. Both unusable, as a left-click brings up a > menu for a fraction of a second. Couldn't log out of either, had to > switch to console and uninstall them. But they confirm the mouse > problem. It's obviously fairly fundamental. > > Just tried previous kernel, but also bad. I can assume by now that > nobody else has seen this problem.
Just as a sanity check, I booted Knoppix, and of course there's no problem, it's just an order of magnitude too slow from USB to do anything useful. -- Joe
