I have some spare USB mice if you want to swap out one for General Purposes...found in the trash...but working fine on Ubuntu 8.04...yours for the princely sum of $0
Brian On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Allen Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the USB and the PS2 mice were and are both optical. > The mouse pad is fabric on neoprene. It isn't glossy at all. > So the fact that this is optical is almost certainly not the cause. > -- > Allen Brown > http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown<http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/%7Eabrown> > > > My 2 cents: > > > > I don't know anyone covered this yet, but just to make sure it's not > > PEBKAC, I will operate on the assumption the mouse is optical. Is the > > PS2 one you had optical? If not, check your mousing surface. Make sure > > it's not too reflective , or just use a piece of white paper below the > > mouse. Sometimes optical mice jump randomly on reflective surfaces... > > > > ~Andrew > > > > PS: For the record, I've never had a USB mouse NOT work in Linux > > (Several 10's of mice). > > > > Allen Brown wrote: > >>> Are you talking about using a USB mouse with a laptop that has a > >>> touchpad or is this a desktop PC? > >> > >> Since my desktop is currently dead I am limping with a laptop. > >> That's why I need to use the USB mouse. It doesn't accept PS2. > >> And the touch pad is awkward compared to a mouse. > >> > >> The problem I've described also applied to the desktop when > >> it was running. > >> > >>> My G7 Logitech is USB and works very well both with lappy and > >>> desktop in Ubuntu.I could post X11of my PCs if you wish? > >> > >> This is a G5. Yes, please post. > >> > >>> Also wireless phones /microwaves can interfere with that area of > >>> freq. > >> > >> I don't have a wireless phone. My roommie has a cell, but is > >> currently at the coast. The microwave oven is not running. > >> The WiFi router is about 15 feet away and running at partial power. > >> I don't know how to turn off the WiFi in the lappy. (When I've > >> tried in the past gnome immediately brought it back up.) > >> > >>> Shut off both and try then. > >>> And if blue tooth disable blue tooth on cell and PDAs to test for > >>> improvement.I know not much to work but with hope it helps. :-) > >> > >> I don't have anything powered that's bluetooth, unless the lappy > >> is broadcasting into the aether without asking me. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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