I would have thought hardware if the bad behavior wasn't temporarily cleared by switching consoles and I didn't get different (good vs. bad) behavior in different windows and different widgets within a window.
...still worth trying because it is easy to try. On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > That *VERY* much sounds like hardware. Like, a lot. > > 1) If it's a wireless mouse, change the batteries. > > If it's *not* wireless, disable the trackpad and switch to a different > external mouse. Assuming the issue goes away (which I bet it will), > re-enable one, then the other, and see who's at fault. > > -Ken > > > On 2016-03-25 11:37, Tyson Sawyer wrote: >> >> I can't figure out what regexp to apply to the internet to find an >> answer to this. I am running Mint Xfce 7.3 and it has been solid. >> But the past few weeks I've run into a few problems that seemed to >> come from nowhere. >> >> I'm finding that mouse events are getting messed up. The mouse >> pointer and keyboard seem to always work. The mouse events do not. >> Sometimes widgets do not respond to mouse-over or clicks. I've seen >> occasional phantom responses in when I didn't click. I've seen >> buttons "depress" when clicked, but there is no other response. It >> will often start as specific windows or specific regions of windows >> and or system menus. It quickly degrades to no mouse functionality >> other than the pointer moving. I haven't seen that the track pad >> behaves any different from the mouse. >> >> I can temporarily clear the problem by switching to a text console and >> then back to X. >> >> I have tried different kernel versions, older and newer. The older >> and current had been working fine. None of them work now. I've tried >> a few varying from ~3.13 through 4.4.0. >> >> I tried installing Cinnamon to see if it was an Xfce thing, but the >> behavior remained. >> >> I haven't found a error log that provides any hints. >> >> Any suggestions? If I can't clear this up, I'm going to have to try a >> clean re-install which would be a major downer. >> >> Thanks! >> Ty > > -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/