mouse behavior <NOT SOLVED>

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Mon May 14 10:01:32 UTC 2012


On 14/05/12 17:30, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 05/14/2012 03:13 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 14/05/12 16:45, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> Well, I thought for awhile that fixed it by moving my USB headset to a
>>> USB 2.0 slot, but it didn't. Instead it taunted me by working for a
>>> bit, THEN FAILING. Stinkin' USB mouse will freeze up after being idle.
>>> I've tried different kernels, unloaded the nvidia driver, reloaded the
>>> nvidia driver, everything I can think of. I'm gonna re-run the DVD
>>> install disk and run Ubuntu 12.04 from there to see what it does. I
>>> shall report back. Ric
>>
>> I am not telling you how to such eggs, but you do know that if there are
>> 2 USB devices on the same channel then only one will work if the other
>> is working and using the channel?
>
> Well, just got back from running the install CD in run mode. No 
> problems. I went and walked the dog, came back after 15 minutes and 
> the mouse kept right on mousing. Nary a burp in the barrel. That's why 
> I don't trust a damn upgrade, there's always some old obscure config 
> file ~ somewhere ~ that did not get notified that changes have 
> occurred. Looks like it'll be full clean install time, again. I did 
> have high hopes though. That'll teach me to take my own advice. 
> <swears> Ric

 From what I have read in the past, and I must add that I may have 
misinterpreted what you did write, you seem to install Kubuntu and then 
go about deleting the desktop environment to then install the xfce 
desktop environment. Why go thru all of this?

Have you considered installing another operating system which simply 
works "out of the box" and where, during its installation, in the single 
verson of the operating system you have the choice - without having to 
go thru hoops to get to the DE you want - to install any one of the 
following (or install all of them at a later stage):

GNOME
KDE
XFCE
ENLIGHTMENT
WINDOWMAKER
FVWM
ICEWM

and possibly others (I say this as I don't know all the DEs, just my 
chosen one which is KDE)?

Multimedia needs are met with the least amount of effort. For example, I 
watch TV, DVDs, play CDs, burn DVDs/CDs effortlessly.

Just suggesting only. Not trying to convert you (or anyone else) nor 
attempting to start a "distro war" - far from it as you would know. 
Simply trying to be helpful so that you don't keep ending up with things 
which seem to not "quite work" for you :-) .

BC

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