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 ma3ox...@gmail.com: > On Sun, May 14, 2023, 13:46 Jack <> ostrof...@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. >>
