On Thursday 25 Apr 2002 6:36 pm, poogle wrote: > I know it's OT but I ask for your forbearance as I know there are a > lot of technical gurus on this list so here goes... > Suddenly, today, my mouse is behaving badly. It's a 3 button logitech > which allows me to left & right click but dragging is erratic - often > (too!) if I click and hold on either the top frame of a konqueror > window or try to drag the left "elevator" to scroll up an down a page > it just will not work. I have to left click > x button if it is > visible or right click > close if it is not. Tried a different mouse > and the same thing happens, tried a different Mandrake install and > the same thing happens. > I have disconnected the PS2 connector from the 4 pin terminal on the > MB and reseated it and the problem went away for a while, now it's > back. Does this indicate that my MB is on the way out (Yes would be a > nice answer then I can justify an upgrade from K6 II - 450 to " She > who must be obeyed")
Strangely, I have a similar problem with a brand new Logitech USB optical wheel mouse; the pointer seems to 'stick' momentarily (ie I start dragging, nothing happens, then the pointer suddenly 'catches up' with the drag). No problems with the buttons; I'll continue investigating. Shame, as it's a nice, light, comfortable mouse compared with my old MS Intellimouse Wireless which was like dragging a Volkswagen Beetle round the desktop and went through a pair of AA alkaline batteries every few weeks; it also suffered from the notorious Mandrake bug (not corrected in 8.2) where the pointer only moves up or down, not left or right, until you stop the 'usbmouse' module being loaded ... Alastair -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
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