Mouse problems - 13.10

[Phil Dobbin]

On 30/01/14 22:44, Joep L. Blom wrote:

> On 30/01/14 19:52, garry wrote:
>>>>> It can't be related to the OS upgrade: that happened in October
>>>>> last year &
>>>>> the problem only surfaced yesterday.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried all different USB ports too. No luck.
>>>>
>>>> And when logged on as a different user as Gary suggested?  Or try the
>>>> guest account.
>>>
>>> I'll log in as guest tonight before I turn in. This problem is
>>> intermittent & I don't want to tie the machine up while I'm waiting
>>> for it to happen.
>>
>> Post an update with your finding for sure. You've got me curious about
>> it now. Haha
>>
> Phil,
> I'm on 12.04 (LTS) and since - I think - November, I have the same
> problem. My 12.04 is fully updated
> (3.2.0-58-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:37:58 UTC 2013 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) So I have the sneaky suspicion that some kernel
> update is the culprit but I - just as you - can not find anything in the
> logfiles.

Yeah, I tend to agree.

I logged in overnight to the guest account & sure enough this morning 
I'd lost the ability to click anything. A reboot back into my regular 
user account cured it.

What's more annoying is that the problem is very intermittent making it 
hard to track down.

If it continues, I'll attempt to file a bug at Launchpad but I've very 
little technical evidence to go on apart from the fact that it happens 
in the first place.

If I discover the root cause, I'll post my findings here.

Cheers,

    Phil...

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