Something is wrong with my PC?

Gilles Gravier ggravier at fsfe.org
Fri Mar 12 06:00:31 UTC 2010


Hi!

On 11/03/2010 21:59, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 4 March 2010 06:55, Jim Kvarnberg <jimkvg at 3web.com> wrote:
>   
>> I installed, uninstalled and re-installed Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10,
>> Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows XP Pro again and again because the mouse won't
>> catch when being clicked.  When the OS was freshly booted up, it worked
>> ok and then a moment later, it quitted working.  Then I tried Ubuntu
>> 8.04 and the mouse worked!  Does this ring a bell?
>> My PC is home assembled with ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS motherboard, AMD Athlon
>> 64 X2 CPU. 4 gb ram and 320 gb SATA hard drive.  Me an old dog
>> struggling to learn a new trick.  I love Ubuntu, but I think I am losing
>> my interest in it due to too much problems even Windows XP.  That
>> frustrated me.  Any explanation or tips for solution to the mouse
>> problem will be greatly appreciated. Which motherboard is best for
>> running the Linux based OS?   Thank you.  Jim
>>     
> Does the mouse click register in xev? Type xev into a terminal and
> click in the white box that pops up. You should see the terminal
> respond both when you push the button down and also when you release
> the button.
>
> Also, are the other mouse buttons functional? Have you purged to
> carboferrite pool?
>   
That's my guess too. Blame the mouse.

Try with a different mouse. Borrow one from a friend. Get a new mouse. :)

Gilles.




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