mouse behavior <NOT SOLVED>

[Ric Moore]

On 05/20/2012 08:33 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 15/05/12 12:53, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 05/14/2012 09:40 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> On 14 May 2012 22:40, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 05/14/2012 08:51 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14 May 2012 11:01, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> 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 :-) .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Strongly agreed!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You both must be trolling me, as I've mentioned pretty strongly
>>>> about my
>>>> feelings for KDE are. :) Ric
>>>
>>> No, you're misunderstanding. We're not saying install any particular
>>> desktop, least of all KDE, which I really dislike myself.
>>>
>>> What we're saying is, don't install Ubuntu and add XFCE, we're saying,
>>> install Xubuntu if you want XFCE, then add the bits you need to it.
>>
>>
>> And, I used to do that. Now I don't. For me, it has worked out better.
>> If something major breaks, it'll break while I'm still using Gnome,
>> which it did. When I am satisfied that all is well, which avoids
>> anyone dodging the bullet that "Oh, you installed Xubuntu, not our
>> fault" syndrome. It's far less confusing. XFCE was not part of my
>> initial install, nor installed when stuff started to break after a
>> clean install. That narrows down the "usual suspects" list. :) Ric
>
> I have carefully considered what you wrote above over the past 5 days
> and have come to the conclusion that the following question has to be
> asked - and the answer to it is NOT 42.
>
> If you are doing what you are doing, and consider this to be the 'way to
> go' and that "it has worked out better", then why are you having these
> problems? :-)
>
> So, after doing what you have done, what have you narrowed down in the
> "usual suspects" list as to the cause of your problem with the mice?
>
> Tell all. I am curious as to your solution, if any, and so are many
> others no doubt because we all may strike the same problem in the future
> and then would want to know how to solve it.

As I wrote, a clean install fixed it. The ONLY thing that broke with the 
upgrade was the mouse. Others report USB problems as well, some with 
keyboards, some with other USB devices. So, something present in 11.10 
is not there with 12.04 and old config stuff must be winding up broken. 
And, that is JUST a guess on my part. I really have no clue.
:) Ric



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