Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-18 Thread gene heskett
On 5/18/23 01:29, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 07:01:30PM +0100, Joe wrote: Oh dear, oh dear... Very sorry for the wasted time. When I tried the wired mouse I did not actually unplug the wireless mouse receiver, so it was still generating scroll events every 200ms \o/ No

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 07:01:30PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > Oh dear, oh dear... > > Very sorry for the wasted time. > > When I tried the wired mouse I did not actually unplug the wireless > mouse receiver, so it was still generating scroll events every 200ms \o/ No wasted time. Everyone got to sh

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 17 May 2023 19:01:30 +0100 Joe wrote: > Quick removal and replacement of mouse battery and problem solved. Interesting. Usually when my rodent batteries fail, it simply stops working. XFCE's power monitor also see the batteries for my keyboards and rodents. Logitech k330 and m215, respe

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Wed, May 17, 2023 at 07:01:30PM +0100 schrieb Joe: Hello Joe, > > Oh dear, oh dear... > > Very sorry for the wasted time. This has been no wasted time. You have found an additional root cause for some unexpected behaviour all of us will be aware of from now on. > > When I tried the wired mou

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Joe
On Wed, 17 May 2023 12:18:17 +0200 Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 07:26:41PM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > Hello Joe, > > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 12:29:02 +0200 > > Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > > > > Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:02:50AM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > > > > > Hello Joe

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 07:26:41PM +0100 schrieb Joe: Hello Joe, > On Tue, 16 May 2023 12:29:02 +0200 > Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > > Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:02:50AM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > [...deleted a lot...] > > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100 > > > Joe w

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Joe
On Wed, 17 May 2023 10:07:42 +0100 Joe wrote: > > > > If you are able to get a terminal running under your > > crippled X11 [1], then it'd be interesting to compare > > the output of "xinput --list --long" between a working > > and a non-working config. > > OK, done for sid, I'll boot into K

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-17 Thread Joe
On Wed, 17 May 2023 06:35:54 +0200 wrote: > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 08:07:51PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 13:43:26 -0500 > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just for kicks, unplug the keyboard and see if the mouse starts > > > behaving. > > > > > > No, no change.

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 06:35:54AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > [1] Never tried it, but "setxkbmap -option keypad:pointerkeys" Forgot the relevant link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_keys Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 08:07:51PM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2023 13:43:26 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > Just for kicks, unplug the keyboard and see if the mouse starts > > behaving. > > > No, no change. No surprise. People still barking up the hardware tree, while all evid

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Kent West
Just for kicks, unplug the keyboard and see if the mouse starts behaving. > > -- Kent West<")))>< IT Support / Client Support Abilene Christian University Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Joe
On Tue, 16 May 2023 12:29:02 +0200 Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:02:50AM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > Hello Joe, > > [...deleted a lot...] > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100 > > Joe wrote: > > > > > > One idea is to try a minimalistic window manager as twm to find >

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:02:50AM +0100 schrieb Joe: Hello Joe, [...deleted a lot...] > On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > > > 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 unu

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Joe
On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:18:12 +0200 > Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > > Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 + > > > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > > > > > On

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Joe
On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:18:12 +0200 Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > Hello Joe, > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 + > > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > On Mon, 15 Ma

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-16 Thread Joe
On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:18:12 +0200 Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: > > Hello Joe, > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 + > > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > On Mon, 15 Ma

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Kent West
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today > > > have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of >

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Kent West
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today > > > have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of >

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> It's just the problems I get don't seem to happen to anyone else. But > then I suppose, like Land Rovers, there's no two identical sid > installations anywhere. That's indeed a downside of Debian's package management where the set of packages (and their versions) installed just before an upgrade

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: Hello Joe, > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe w

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West 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 c

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Kent West
On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: Hi, Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of course was another mouse, just the same. The computer is barely usable in this state. There were too many packages upgraded, inc

Re: Mouse trouble in X using a KVM switch

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 12/17/01 10:14:44 -0600, Kent West wrote: Thanks for the reply Kent. > This isn't a solution, but it might be a work-around. > > Try "apt-get install gpm" (and if necessary "gpmconfig") to set up gpm. > Change your XF86Config-4 file to: >Option"Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > Then when

Re: Mouse trouble in X using a KVM switch

2001-12-17 Thread Kent West
Mark Wagnon wrote: Hi all, I've set up two computers to share a monitor, keyboard, and mouse with a Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM switch. The problem is that if I cycle through the ports on the switch, my mouse works fine so long as I return to my Linux box within 10 minutes or so (the period is

Mouse trouble in X using a KVM switch

2001-12-16 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all, I've set up two computers to share a monitor, keyboard, and mouse with a Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM switch. The problem is that if I cycle through the ports on the switch, my mouse works fine so long as I return to my Linux box within 10 minutes or so (the period is just a guesstimate). I

Re: Xfree mouse trouble

2000-08-07 Thread Andre Berger
"CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was just wondering, what are the differences (if any) between using gpm > and the x-mouse?...and what are the advantages? gpm will give you a mouse cursor on the consoles, so you have the ability to paste selected text with the middle b

RE: Xfree mouse trouble

2000-08-06 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
age- > From: Jeremiah Savage [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 6:01 PM > To: Jared Johnson > Cc: debian-user > Subject: Re: Xfree mouse trouble > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Jared Johnson wrote: > > > > > > screen and briefly displayi

Re: Xfree mouse trouble

2000-08-05 Thread Jeremiah Savage
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Jared Johnson wrote: > > > screen and briefly displaying popup menus eventhough I'm not pressing any > > buttons. I can use the mouse just fine in terminal mode to highlight > > text and paste the text using the middle button, so I think my hardware > > is > > ok. Any clues? >

Re: Xfree mouse trouble

2000-08-05 Thread Jared Johnson
> screen and briefly displaying popup menus eventhough I'm not pressing any > buttons. I can use the mouse just fine in terminal mode to highlight > text and paste the text using the middle button, so I think my hardware > is > ok. Any clues? A very easy way to fix this would be to use the mouse

Xfree mouse trouble

2000-08-05 Thread Jeremiah Savage
Hello, Just finished installing my first debian system (potato) by the floppy method. Everything is great except trying to use my mouse in X. The slightest touch of the mouse causes it to go berserk - flying all over the screen and briefly displaying popup menus eventhough I'm not pressing any but

Re: Mouse Trouble

1999-04-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
Greg Scharrer wrote: >I am having trouble getting my mouse to work. I have a PS/2 mouse port on >COM1 (IRQ4). When the system boots is gives a message "psaux PS/2 auxillary >pointing device detected ... driver installed". The node /dev/psaux has a >major 10 and minor 1, which is what the Bu

Re: Mouse Trouble

1999-04-05 Thread Greg Scharrer
Kent, I booted from the Debian install CD and used Alt-F2 to get to a console after I mounted /dev/hdb1. Then I rename XF86config and rebooted. That got me back to a console. I will stay away from X until I get the mouse figured out. Thank you for the prompt reply. Greg At 10:17 PM 4/4/99 -0500

Re: Mouse Trouble

1999-04-05 Thread ktb
Greg Scharrer wrote: > > I am having trouble getting my mouse to work. I have a PS/2 mouse port on > COM1 (IRQ4). When the system boots is gives a message "psaux PS/2 auxillary > pointing device detected ... driver installed". The node /dev/psaux has a > major 10 and minor 1, which is what the Bus

Mouse Trouble

1999-04-05 Thread Greg Scharrer
I am having trouble getting my mouse to work. I have a PS/2 mouse port on COM1 (IRQ4). When the system boots is gives a message "psaux PS/2 auxillary pointing device detected ... driver installed". The node /dev/psaux has a major 10 and minor 1, which is what the Busmouse HOWTO says it should. Howe