sluggish mouse and application opening since upgrade to Rc Jaunty.

[Steven Vollom]

I realize that this is going to sound pretty stupid, nonetheless, I think many 
of you expect this from me.  But since upgrade to the Rc of Jaunty, my mouse 
has been working badly.  It works on non-jaunty machines just fine, but on the 
Jaunty box, it would lag, act as though it was not engaged, and have to be 
pressed multiple times to make things happen.  Additionally, applications had 
difficulty opening.

Well, here comes the stupid part that I am known for:  I heard from a friend 
that this was a bug that would be fixed, so I accepted the fact that I would 
have to struggle with my computer until the update would arrive.  

This is where things get strange.  I decided to install wine, using the new 
method provided by the Wine people.  I installed using Kdebi.  When I then 
tried to install the debugging symbols, I had difficulty, which caused me to do 
a little research.  As I proceeded, I noticed that my mouse is working 
perfectly and applications are opening perfectly.  

I did ABSOLUTELY nothing to make this happen.  I did not update or upgrade 
anything.  I did not fiddle with my video settings or anything that might 
explain what happened.  Nonetheless, unless the gremlins left my machine, 
something I did in the process of the Wine and dependency installation caused 
this to happen. 

Orrrrrrrrrr, something in my machine was working in the background to resolve 
the problem.  I don't understand enough about how computers work to know the 
possibilities, but I do know that it is great to have a functioning desktop 
again.  Everything is fast and responsive; the mouse works perfectly.

Taking the obvious chance of looking like an idiot, I thought I should still 
just pass this on, in case there is some logical reason the activity caused 
while installing Wine enacted a cure, and in case it isn't as dumb as it 
sounds, even to me.  Maybe installing Wine through the wine site, using Debian 
and KDebi will have the same effect for someone else with a sluggish mouse.  I 
can hear the laughter in the background.

Steven