Nervous Mouse Syndrome

[Aaron]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> scott wrote:
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>> I don't know if anyone around you uses, or is, a ham radio operator, but
>> the frequencies in some bands can often interfere in the radio bands
>> that are used for wireless keyboard and mouse. Check with a ham club
>> near you.
>>
>> True thing.
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>> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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>>> --- Joseph <ubuntu at e-pops.org> wrote:
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>>>> Joseph wrote:
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>>>> I have a nervously, jittery mouse.  It wasn't like
>>>> this on WinXP but is 
>>>> with Ubuntu.  The mouse is a Microsoft Optical 1.0
>>>> PS2/USB Compatible.
>>>>
>>>> Any way I can get the cursor to stop jittering
>>>> about.  I can sometimes 
>>>> let go of it and the cursor will wander a bit.
>>>> Also, when I click on a link in a web page, may time
>>>> the page will jump 
>>>> up just as I click, and the click will invariably
>>>> miss the link....   
>>>> and I end up in places I didn't want to be.
>>>>
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>>> May or not be useful but I found that one of my
>>> optical mouses drifts badly on a smooth surface but
>>> the one on a mouse pad stays in one place. If the
>>> mouse jitters on a stable base, I'd agree with Karl,
>>> check the integrity of the mouse's working mechanism
>>> or get a better mouse.
>>> Good luck,
>>>
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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>     I doubt that it is Ham Radio interference. The mouse stuff is around 
> 2400 Mhz and most Ham stuff now is lower than  10 MHz.
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> Karl
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Some wireless mouses work in 27 Mhz and 41 Mhz of they are old. However 
if its a wired mouse there should not be this type of problem. Unless 
its some seriously strong ham.