<div dir="ltr">A couple of thoughts...<div><br></div><div>First, check the update logs from when you cleaned your computer out, seems from your opening statement that's when it started... this should narrows the list considerably.</div><div><br></div><div>Second, based on the last statements, sounds like a sticky button issue, which, when swiching environments stops it until button 3 (?) is pushed again... is there a way to monitor the mouse input live? (i.e. for a keyboard I just type in a text editor until the culprit sticks)</div><div><br></div><div>-- Fred</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Petter Adsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petter@synth.no" target="_blank">petter@synth.no</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:06:22 +0000<br>
Chris Green <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 04:47:42PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:<br>
> > > > That is odd. Since gpm works the kernel driver is probably OK,<br>
> > > > but I don't understand why X can't see the events. Can you<br>
> > > > install evemu-tools and see if evemu-record can see them?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > It's not *quite* as simple as I thought.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Hitting button 3 of the Trackpoint buttons only ever works once,<br>
> > > just one event. Having done that the bug appears (the mouse<br>
> > > function is stuck in one window). However if I then go to a<br>
> > > console CTRL/ALT/Fn and back, without even logging in on the<br>
> > > console, the bug is fixed and seems to stay fixed. So at least I<br>
> > > have a workaround now!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Maybe X is seeing the Button 3 down wit no up and thus 'sticks'.<br>
> > > Going to a console (gpm grabs the mouse while there, even if not<br>
> > > logged in) clears the 'stuck' button and it stays unstuck.<br>
> > > Button 3 on the Trackpoint never gets unstuck even when using gpm<br>
> > > but that doesn't matter because there's a button 3 with the<br>
> > > Trackpad.<br>
> > It doesn't even need gpm to be installed. Start X, get the bug,<br>
> > switch to a console and back (do nothing at all when there), bug is<br>
> > fixed. It's simply leaving X and returning that fixes the problem.<br>
> ><br>
> I think this might very well be a related issue:-<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196822" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196822</a><br>
><br>
> Comment at the bottom says it's fixed in 4.3.x kernel.<br>
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</div></div>Should be easy to test, install a recent mainline kernel.<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds</a><br>
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