mouse input issues.

[seawing]

but how do I diagnose which one it is?  the system is almost 8 years old.
The HDD just went bad and had to be replaced, what will be next?  I am
happy to save the money, but I also need to keep working.  How do you
recommend determining which component is going bad?

Jason Earrame
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On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> 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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>>>>
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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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