mouse input issues.

accessys at smart.net accessys at smart.net
Sun Sep 21 21:59:54 UTC 2014


why replace entire system when only certain parts are likely bad.

is 99.9% either
motherboard
CPU or
powersupply

Bob
and don't forget to backup


On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, seawing wrote:

> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:54:12 -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.
> 
> 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.  :(
>
> Jason Earrame
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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
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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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason Earrame www.SeaWingDesigns.com
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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?}
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason Earrame www.SeaWingDesigns.com
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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>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <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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