mouse input issues.

Sun Sep 21 21:54:12 UTC 2014

yep, I have just been running off the live disk all day just to see if I
would experience a crash like what happens on the HDD.  Guess what.  It
just crashed. I guess it is time for a new system.  :(

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On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:31 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> could be motherboard failing,, mine did all sorts of random wonky stuff
> before letting the smoke escape.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, seawing wrote:
>
>  Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:03:03 -0700
>> From: seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com>
>> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: mouse input issues.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have still not solved the crashing issue that I have been experiencing.
>> I solved a different problem by using different USB ports and abandoning
>> the ps2 ports making me think that the ports were just bad.  I know that
>> my
>> dvd drive is bad because it won't boot from a live disk.
>>
>> I decided to try one more test before dropping a grand on a new system.  I
>> got a different dvd drive and ran a live disk. With the live disk  (14.04)
>> running, the ps2 ports work again and the USB ports seem to be functioning
>> without a hitch.
>>
>> I am going to leave it running all day to see if there is any crash, but
>> if
>> not I strongly suspect that it is software and not hardware.
>>
>> Here is my question, what is my next step if it is kubuntu?  I could
>> re-install from the disk, but the problems all arose after I did an
>> update,
>> so it seems that the issue isn't from the initial installation.  It seems
>> unwise to just not do updates.
>>
>> I guess there is one other possibility and that it that it could be an
>> issue with the brand new Western Digital HDD, and running from the live
>> disk bypasses that.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Jason Earrame
>> www.SeaWingDesigns.com <http://www.seawingdesigns.com/>
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>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:28 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On 10/09/2014 02:53, seawing wrote:
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>>>> I plugged in my usb keyboard and now everything is working.  For
>>>> how long I don't know, but that is how it has been going.
>>>>
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:38 PM, seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com
>>>> <mailto:Jason at seawingdesigns.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OK, this is totally bizarre.  I moved my mouse transmitter to a
>>>> different USB port and now the click problem seems to be gone, but
>>>> now my ps2 keyboard stopped working.  {how do you make the
>>>> emoticon of pulling your hair out?}
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Scott DuBois <sdubois at linux.com
>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 09/09/2014 04:54 PM, seawing wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Scott.  This behavior seems to be effecting any window
>>>>> that I have open. I don't believe that I have a mouse driver, and
>>>>> if I do it is pre-installed.  I am using a logitec wireless
>>>>> mouse.  I broke my only PS2 mouse right at the begining of this
>>>>> process so I don't currently have one to test with.  I do have a
>>>>> ps2 adapter that I will try.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am making it limp along by doing what I said earlier, dragging
>>>>> a tab in a window and dropping it makes all the areas active. as
>>>>> soon as I click on something, change to a different open
>>>>> application for example, then only the application buttons are
>>>>> active and the tabs and buttons in the window are not active.  I
>>>>> then grab one of those application buttons, like the Firefox or
>>>>> konqueror buttons and act like I am dragging them to the desktop,
>>>>> but then drop them back where they were and then all the buttons
>>>>> are active again. much have to shut down This mostly works until
>>>>> something happens where no buttons work and the only way to
>>>>> switch applications is to alt+tab.  This sometimes gets it
>>>>> unstuck.
>>>>>
>>>>> This morning instead of having a click problem I was having a
>>>>> white flashing screen.  I changed to the x.org <http://x.org>
>>>>>
>>>> <http://x.org> x server video
>>>>
>>>>> driver and that went away.  I thought all of my problems were
>>>>> solved, but after half an hour of working the click problem came
>>>>> back.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have disabled all the desktop effects, but that didn't help.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will try the ps2 adapter now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason Earrame www.SeaWingDesigns.com
>>>>> <http://www.SeaWingDesigns.com>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Scott DuBois <sdubois at linux.com
>>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com
>>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/08/2014 05:19 PM, seawing wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think so because it is pretty specific.  I can click on
>>>>>> some things and not others.  I can continue to click around
>>>>>> tabs for instance, but not close or minimize the window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Can you narrow it down to "certain" programs? Because right now
>>>>> the little info to go on is just too broad to really nail
>>>>> something down.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mouse drivers? Try a different mouse if you can. Have you tried
>>>>> unplugging it then rebooting then plugging the mouse back in to
>>>>> be re-detected?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have an adapter, try the PS2 port and see if that works.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Man, I would be throwing things and cursing with these kinds of
>>>> problems. Congrats for staying cool. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Um, something someone once threw at me as a diagnosis tool is to
>>>> create a new "user" that is bare-bone and see if the problem goes
>>>> away. Then we can determine if the problem is user-settings related
>>>> or global.
>>>>
>>>> Good thinking about turning off all the eye candy! +1
>>>>
>>>>  it sounds like hardware issues to me - on the older laptop in the
>>> house one of the usb ports is simply not working any more though it
>>> can be used to charge phones etc
>>>
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