Had a desktop computer with bizarre pointer behavior. The pointer would jiggle at a frantic rate and would keep returning to the same place - off center - on the screen. The computer was utterly unmanageable. After heroic efforts I got a reasonably clean shutdown.
Dual boot, Mint and W8. Being a newbie at the moment I brought it to a repair shop who told me that Linux had attacked the Windows partition. I paid them for their "diagnosis" and called another shop who were similarly baffled, but asked one crucial question. "Are there any other USB devices attached normally?" I started laughing, because I remembered that I had - but had not been using - a touchscreen. The connector must have been loose, producing a spurious signal, causing the manic pointer. I was considerably happier paying the second fellow. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM, <gnhlug-discuss-requ...@mail.gnhlug.org> wrote: > Send gnhlug-discuss mailing list submissions to > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gnhlug-discuss-requ...@mail.gnhlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gnhlug-discuss-ow...@mail.gnhlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnhlug-discuss digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Mouse event problems (Tyson Sawyer) > 2. Re: Mouse event problems (Ken D'Ambrosio) > 3. Re: Mouse event problems (Joshua Judson Rosen) > 4. Re: Mouse event problems (Tyson Sawyer) > 5. Re: Mouse event problems (Richard Kolb II) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> > To: "Ken D'Ambrosio" <k...@jots.org> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:25:37 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mouse event problems > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> wrote: > > 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. > > > > This is looking like the cause. > > I had originally considered and rejected that the problem was > hardware, and I think with good reason. > > ...the problem was hardware. I have replaced the track ball and the > problem is gone. > > Thanks! > Ty > > > > -- > Tyson D Sawyer > > A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent > of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ken D'Ambrosio" <k...@jots.org> > To: Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org>, > tyson.saw...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:08:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mouse event problems > I've been bitten by bad mouse problems enough times that when I see > symptoms like yours, it's pretty much my go-to. I had someone in England > call me some time back, and could *NOT* figure out her problem. Finally > had her wipe her machine and start over... and it was still there. Which > is when I realized she was using an external, wireless mouse, and had her > replace her batteries. > > D'oh. > > -Ken > > > On 2016-03-29 15:25, Tyson Sawyer wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> This is looking like the cause. >>> >> >> I had originally considered and rejected that the problem was >> hardware, and I think with good reason. >> >> ...the problem was hardware. I have replaced the track ball and the >> problem is gone. >> >> Thanks! >> Ty >> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@hackerposse.com> > To: "Ken D'Ambrosio" <k...@jots.org>, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org>, > tyson.saw...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:51:01 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mouse event problems > On 03/29/2016 05:08 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > I've been bitten by bad mouse problems enough times that when I see > > symptoms like yours, it's pretty much my go-to. I had someone in > > England call me some time back, and could *NOT* figure out her problem. > > Finally had her wipe her machine and start over... and it was still > > there. Which is when I realized she was using an external, wireless > > mouse, and had her replace her batteries. > > > > D'oh. > > *D'oh*: > > http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Coffee-Beats-Wireless > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> > To: Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@hackerposse.com> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:16:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mouse event problems > > > On Mar 29, 2016 18:51, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <roz...@hackerposse.com> > wrote: > > > > *D'oh*: > > > > http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Coffee-Beats-Wireless > > Ha! :-) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Kolb II <richard.k...@gmail.com> > To: Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:37:34 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mouse event problems > I've heard a few stories of people putting their wireless mice in their > pockets/bags and then trying to figure out their weird windows behavior. > Fun times. > > Rich > > > Richard Kolb II > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 29, 2016 18:51, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <roz...@hackerposse.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > *D'oh*: >> > >> > http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Coffee-Beats-Wireless >> >> Ha! :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list digest > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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