Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Kent West
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today > > > have ser

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> It's just the problems I get don't seem to happen to anyone else. But > then I suppose, like Land Rovers, there's no two identical sid > installations anywhere. That's indeed a downside of Debian's package management where the set of packages (and their versions) installed just before an

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe: Hello Joe, > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Then go from there. > > > Not much to go on so far. Thanks for your suggestions. This looks like > a bug in an upgrade, but I

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Kent West
On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: Hi, Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of course was another mouse, just the same. The computer is barely usable in this state. There were too many packages upgraded

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-05-03 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 5/2/23 à 14:40, songbird a écrit : [...] note this from the package description: "evtest is now in maintenance mode and doesn't support all the features of the latest kernels; evemu-record from the evemu-tools package should be used instead." Thanks for the heads-up! Best, --

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-05-02 Thread songbird
Yassine Chaouche wrote: > Le 4/25/23 à 06:00, Susmita/Rajib a écrit : > >> >> Try looking at "evtest". >> >> [ ... ] >> >> Raed the manual of evtest. There are very little >> example code lines. evtest isn't installed in the Official Debian >> GNU/Linux Live 11.6.0 lxde 2022-12-17T11:46. >

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-05-02 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 4/25/23 à 06:00, Susmita/Rajib a écrit : Try looking at "evtest". [ ... ] Raed the manual of evtest. There are very little example code lines. evtest isn't installed in the Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 11.6.0 lxde 2022-12-17T11:46. I second evtest which is very straightforward.

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-04-25 Thread Susmita/Rajib
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal From: "Susmita/Rajib" Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:30:04 +0530 Message-id: <[] caeg4cz

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-04-24 Thread David
tX > For my laptop. > > Could I please be advised on how to: > (1) monitor event0 (keyboard), event6 (external USB optical mouse) real time? > > (2) If there is a way to monitor mouse-clicks or keystroke, i.e., the > two events, in real time, without a script or a programming

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-04-24 Thread Susmita/Rajib
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal From: Darac Marjal Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:24:06 +0100 Message-id: <[] ab7599f3-2c92-358c-2ba4-250284

Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-04-24 Thread Darac Marjal
Note that the subject of an email should be just that - an indication of the subject matter. Putting important information JUST in the subject line can be confusing. On 24/04/2023 14:40, Susmita/Rajib wrote: The output could be simple dots for mouse movement, dashes for key press, and colon

Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

2023-04-24 Thread Susmita/Rajib
The output could be simple dots for mouse movement, dashes for key press, and colon for perepherals insert. No need for exact key or mouse positions or perepheral details. Best wishes, Rajib

Re: OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:55:15 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Is there a reason you don't use a pure USB pathway for keyboard > and mouse? > > i.e. does your target computer not have a USB port available to > take the KVM's input? Hmm, that's an interesting thought -- yes tha

Re: OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread Dan Ritter
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Leading up to the Problem: My problem is this: one of the computers that I > need / want to keep in service for some time yet has separate inputs for the > keyboard and mouse -- the existing KVMs have separate outputs for the > keyboard > an

OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread rhkramer
for some time yet has separate inputs for the keyboard and mouse -- the existing KVMs have separate outputs for the keyboard and mouse, so all is (was) good. (The other computer that I need to keep in service has separate and combined keyboard and mouse inputs, i.e., one PS/2 or USB cable can

Custom configuration Re: Mouse / Tablet

2022-10-17 Thread David Wright
On Mon 17 Oct 2022 at 13:12:50 (+), Maude Summerside wrote: > > Does someone has some knowledge how to do some custom configuration for > a specific mouse / tablet ? > > I have a tablet that gets recognized properly like a pointing device but > I'd like to modify some

Re: Mouse / Tablet

2022-10-17 Thread Maude Summerside
On 2022-10-17 09:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 01:12:50PM +, Maude Summerside wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Does someone has some knowledge how to do some custom configuration for >> a specific mouse / tablet ? >> >> I have a ta

Re: Mouse / Tablet

2022-10-17 Thread Nicolas George
Maude Summerside (12022-10-17): > Does someone has some knowledge how to do some custom configuration for > a specific mouse / tablet ? > > I have a tablet that gets recognized properly like a pointing device but > I'd like to modify some parameter. Mostly rotate the X and Y axis

Re: Mouse / Tablet

2022-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 01:12:50PM +, Maude Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > Does someone has some knowledge how to do some custom configuration for > a specific mouse / tablet ? > > I have a tablet that gets recognized properly like a pointing device but > I'd like to

Mouse / Tablet

2022-10-17 Thread Maude Summerside
Hi, Does someone has some knowledge how to do some custom configuration for a specific mouse / tablet ? I have a tablet that gets recognized properly like a pointing device but I'd like to modify some parameter. Mostly rotate the X and Y axis. Thanks -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart

Re: bad mouse pointer

2022-06-28 Thread Felix Miata
Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-28 23:26 (UTC-0400): > Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I > couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login > greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always the ac

bad mouse pointer

2022-06-28 Thread Felix Miata
Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always the activity spinner. Strings put and ouse in .xsession-errors are abse

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-17 Thread Mick Ab
Thanks Brad for your contribution. I don't think anything can be done with the keyboard when the freeze occurs. On 15:41, Wed, 15 Jun 2022 Brad Rogers On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:15:35 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > Hello Joe, > > >Also try Ctrl-Alt-F3 > >to see if a console is reachable as X might have

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-17 Thread Joe
On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:23:53 +0100 Mick Ab wrote: > Thanks very much, David, for your help. > > Unfortunately it is not possible to log in to the PC from elsewhere. > > As to most of your other points, they will have to wait for another > similar freeze. > > I was not able to check logs

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-17 Thread Mick Ab
e PC has failed to > > be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and > > keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor appears to be off and on > > one occasion it was on. > > Like others, I would try logging in over the network to see if > that is still up. &

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-16 Thread mick crane
On 2022-06-15 09:21, Mick Ab wrote: I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have been a few occasions when the PC has failed to be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor appears to be off and on one

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 09:21:58 (+0100), Mick Ab wrote: > I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have been > a few occasions when the PC has failed to > be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and > keyboard are frozen. Sometimes

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Charlie Gibbs
after being left overnight. >> The mouse and keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor >> appears to be off and on one occasion it was on. >> >> A hard reboot has been used to reset the PC, but it is not a good >> idea to keep doing that. >> >> There is also a worr

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Hans
), is hanging. So no input is possible. It is also no more possible, to switch to the console or login from external, because the complete system is frozen then. When lucky, you can see the mouse cursor move, but clicking is not possible any more. It also appeears, that if you wait, it might happen

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:15:35 +0100 Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >Also try Ctrl-Alt-F3 >to see if a console is reachable as X might have problems. Unlikely: OP reported keyboard is frozen, too. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is never immediately apparent" / _)rad

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Joe
On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:21:58 +0100 Mick Ab wrote: > I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have > been a few occasions when the PC has failed to > be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and > keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the mon

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread rhkramer
he morning after being left overnight. The mouse and > > keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor appears to be off and on > > one occasion it was on. > > > > I leave my laptop on 24x7x365 and I do not have any issues. I do not have > > it setup to go to sleep

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread mick crane
On 2022-06-15 09:21, Mick Ab wrote: I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have been a few occasions when the PC has failed to be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor appears to be off and on one

Re: Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:22 AM Mick Ab wrote: > I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have been > a few occasions when the PC has failed to > be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and > keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the mon

Frozen mouse and keyboard

2022-06-15 Thread Mick Ab
I have a fairly new desktop PC running Debian 11. Recently there have been a few occasions when the PC has failed to be woken up in the morning after being left overnight. The mouse and keyboard are frozen. Sometimes the monitor appears to be off and on one occasion it was on. A hard reboot has

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-05-12 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 00:43, David Christensen wrote: I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI events over the past year or more: I found my spare mouse last week and swapped out the mouse I have been using for the past few years. The problems went away. The bad

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-12 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Wed, 11 May 2022 22:34:00 -0400 lou wrote: > > Thank Michael Lange! > > it's what i need, and it works fine in twm I am glad if I could help. Btw, I noticed there is a small bug in the script, there should be an additional line towards the script's end, so that the end of the script

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread lou
Thank Michael Lange! it's what i need, and it works fine in twm no wonder python is so popular these days PS: why isn't there some existing application that can do this job? is my need too special?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread Michael Lange
s python3-tk): # #!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- '''Shows a tooltip-like window that displays the x- and y-positions of the mouse pointer on the screen. Left-click into this window to quit the program.''' # coordinates o

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 May 2022 at 19:20:25 (-0400), lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all > > do that. Probably most others. > > > > Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm > >

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread John Hasler
xev -root -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr- Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too bad it doesn't show X/Y coordinates

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > > On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > xdotool getmouselocation > > > Thanks! > > are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm? No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all do that. Probably most others. -dsr-

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: xdotool getmouselocation Thanks! are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
lou wrote: > i use twm for bullseye > > i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of > screen > > i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move > mouse xdotool getmouselocation does it once. You may wis

which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-09 Thread lou
i use twm for bullseye i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region of screen i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i move mouse

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-22 Thread David Christensen
; just GUI random pointing device storms. If the former, have they always involved the KVM? The USB 2.0 failures occur with and without the KVM switch. The USB 3.0 correct behavior occurs with and without the KVM switch. Do you configure the mouse at all, bearing in mind that unplugging

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
with and without the KVM switch. > > > The USB 3.0 correct behavior occurs with and without the KVM switch. > > > > Do you configure the mouse at all, bearing in mind that unplugging > > and replugging it may lose that configuration. (I don't know how > > K

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-21 Thread David Christensen
. If the former, have they always involved the KVM? The USB 2.0 failures occur with and without the KVM switch. The USB 3.0 correct behavior occurs with and without the KVM switch. Do you configure the mouse at all, bearing in mind that unplugging and replugging it may lose that configuration

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-21 Thread David Wright
gt; > > I ran the desktop with the keyboard and mouse connected directly to > the rear USB 3.0 ports. I did not see any random GUI input event > storms. The keyboard and mouse did not lock up. > > > I powered down, reconnected the keyboard and mouse to the KVM switch, &

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 15:31, David Christensen wrote: The rear USB 2.0 ports are down right now.  Are there any commands I should run before rebooting (to test if the problem is hardware software)? I ran the desktop with the keyboard and mouse connected directly to the rear USB 3.0 ports. I did

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
, NVidia, other) to see if bad behavior persists, I have only one other possible suggestion: Older systems used only various specific input drivers, e.g.: xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-evdev If these are installed, you might try removing

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread Felix Miata
s specific input drivers, e.g.: xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-evdev If these are installed, you might try removing them, thus having only the newer *libinput* drivers available for use. # dpkg -l | grep input-kbd # dpkg -l | grep xorg

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 11:23, Felix Miata wrote: David Christensen composed on 2022-04-20 10:31 (UTC-0700): 1. Dell Inspiron E1505, Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor, Intel GM 945 chipset (Intel® 82945GM Graphics and Memory Controller). I believe Debian uses the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver. 3.

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread Felix Miata
David Christensen composed on 2022-04-20 10:31 (UTC-0700): > 1. Dell Inspiron E1505, Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor, Intel GM 945 > chipset (Intel® 82945GM Graphics and Memory Controller). I believe > Debian uses the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver. > 3. Desktop with Intel DQ67SW

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 4:51 AM, songbird wrote: Dieter Rohlfing wrote: Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 schrieb David Christensen : I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI events over the past year or more: Same for me. System is Debian 9.13 (kernel 4.19.0-0.bpo

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 3:43 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/20/22, Dieter Rohlfing wrote: Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 schrieb David Christensen : I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI events over the past year or more: Same for me. System is Debian 9.13

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/22 2:23 AM, Dieter Rohlfing wrote: Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 schrieb David Christensen : I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI events over the past year or more: Same for me. System is Debian 9.13 (kernel 4.19.0-0.bpo.19-amd64, XFCE

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread songbird
Dieter Rohlfing wrote: > Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 > schrieb David Christensen : > >>I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and >>mouse GUI events over the past year or more: > > Same for me. > > System is Debian 9.13 (kernel 4.

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 4/20/22, Dieter Rohlfing wrote: > Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 > schrieb David Christensen : > >>I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and >>mouse GUI events over the past year or more: > > Same for me. > > System is Debian 9

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread Dieter Rohlfing
Am Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:43:35 -0700 schrieb David Christensen : >I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and >mouse GUI events over the past year or more: Same for me. System is Debian 9.13 (kernel 4.19.0-0.bpo.19-amd64, XFCE desktop) running on an ASRock DeskMini

Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI events over the past year or more: a.  Windows are opened, closed, minimized, resized, etc.. b.  Windows and/or desktop pop-up menus are opened, and random items are activated. c.  Text that I have previously typed is pasted into random windows. d

Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

2022-04-20 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I have an SSD with Debian: 2022-04-19 23:24:11 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~ $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a 9.13 Linux tinkywinky 4.9.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.303-1 (2022-03-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and mouse GUI

Re: Mouse problem.

2022-02-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2/22/22 10:15, Tim Woodall wrote: I have a problem with my mouse which operates through a KVM switch. Initially it works fine but once I switch away from the computer and then switch back, the scroll wheel is "amplified". Testing with xev I see 16 messages where I previously expec

Re: Mouse problem.

2022-02-22 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 22 Feb 2022, Tim Woodall wrote: I have a problem with my mouse which operates through a KVM switch. Unplugging and replugging the dongle does fix it until I use the switch box again. But unplugging the computer from the KVM box and plugging it back in does NOT fix the problem

Mouse problem.

2022-02-22 Thread Tim Woodall
I have a problem with my mouse which operates through a KVM switch. Initially it works fine but once I switch away from the computer and then switch back, the scroll wheel is "amplified". Testing with xev I see 16 messages where I previously expected to see one. rmmod usbhid; modpr

Re: Mouse locator

2021-11-15 Thread Christian Britz
On 15.11.21 at 13:33 Nicolas George wrote: > Richard Forst (12021-11-12): >> In Debian I want to locate my mouse pointer. And after searching there >> are some suggestion using > > Just install and run oneko. > > Regards, > Killer app! Works even over my Citrix Windows session! :-D

Re: Mouse locator

2021-11-15 Thread Nicolas George
Richard Forst (12021-11-12): > In Debian I want to locate my mouse pointer. And after searching there > are some suggestion using Just install and run oneko. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Mouse locator

2021-11-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
cursor also helps. Install xcursor-themes and select the redglass theme. On XFCE, you can adjust the pointer size. I usually set mine to 36 points. -> Applications -> Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Themes. Last year I changed my mouse pointer to be huge and (coincidentall

Re: Mouse locator

2021-11-12 Thread Charles Curley
s and select the redglass theme. On XFCE, you can adjust the pointer size. I usually set mine to 36 points. -> Applications -> Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Themes. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Re: Mouse locator

2021-11-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Forst wrote: > In Debian I want to locate my mouse pointer. And after searching there are > some suggestion using The first thing that comes to mind is always using a larger pointer -- the size and shape are configurable in most systems. big-cursor provides even larger c

Mouse locator

2021-11-12 Thread Richard Forst
In Debian I want to locate my mouse pointer. And after searching there are some suggestion using     gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer false However following that command, it returns No such key “locate-pointer” I install Debian 11 with Gnome initially

Re: Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-19 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, October 19, 2021 06:21:34 AM Tom Browder wrote: > Thanks! I forget about ebay—I only used it once many years ago. And the > Belkin products I’ve used in the past have worked fine. You're welcome! I buy quite a few things off ebay (for some definition of quite a few) -- some used

Re: Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 20:29 wrote: … > I am using a Belkin SOHO 4-Port KVM Switch Box F1DS104J, bought used off > ebay > in January, 2020 for under $20. Thanks! I forget about ebay—I only used it once many years ago. And the Belkin products I’ve used in the past have worked fine. -Tom

Re: Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-18 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, October 18, 2021 09:03:10 PM Tom Browder wrote: > I am in the market for a new (or refurbished) KVM with the subject > attributes. I only need to support a single monitor, but reliability and > holding video settings for each computer are important to me. > > Reviews I've found online

Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-18 Thread Tom Browder
I am in the market for a new (or refurbished) KVM with the subject attributes. I only need to support a single monitor, but reliability and holding video settings for each computer are important to me. Reviews I've found online are terrible, but I would appreciate hearing from satisfied Debian

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-13 Thread Joe
es, the quick answer is to keep broken mice, marking them if they are broken because of a switch. The switches are normally easily available new, the trick can be in identifying the exact model. Mice are not usually very forgiving about exact sizes. In the last few days, I've had a left button

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-12 Thread Andreas Ronnquist
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 20:52:25 +0200, sp...@caiway.net wrote: >I really like Logitech mouses (fast scrolling!), but when used often >they break each one/two year. >Sometimes wire most of the time left button. >I buy them per 3. > Indeed - I just replaced the faulty one with a new one of the same

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-10 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > where the finger made but one push. Those of us that have a hot > soldering iron grafted to a hand can fix that, but we're often > considered rare birds to be avoided by the girls lest the geekiness is > catching. Some of us are even CET's, but that card, laid on the HR

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 10 October 2021 09:52:40 Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Sat, 9 Oct 2021, at 19:52, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > > I really like Logitech mouses (fast scrolling!), but when used often > > they break each one/two year. > > I use my mice almost always in bed, with th

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-10 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021, at 19:52, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > I really like Logitech mouses (fast scrolling!), but when used often > they break each one/two year. I use my mice almost always in bed, with the mouse either on top of the duvet or running around under it on the sheet. (The

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Yixuan Lin
Hi! I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I release the mouse button. Clicking on the terminal icon in my xfce panel often

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread sp...@caiway.net
> > I really like Logitech mouses (fast scrolling!), but when used often > > they break each one/two year. > > Sometimes wire most of the time left button. > > I buy them per 3. > > It's funny. It's also funny that old time vacuum tubes last longer than transistors dont't they? :-)

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
ech "Wingman Gaming Mouse" that I've been using for ages. No scroll wheel. It has a rubber ball that has to be cleaned periodically. It has lasted longer than any other piece of hardware I've ever had.

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread sp...@caiway.net
I really like Logitech mouses (fast scrolling!), but when used often they break each one/two year. Sometimes wire most of the time left button. I buy them per 3.

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Andreas Ronnquist
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 10:41:53 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: >Andreas Rönnquist wrote: >> I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with >> the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes >> double-click, dragging items is very hard, it dr

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 09.10.2021 18:04, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: Hi! I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I release the mouse button. Clicking

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 15:04:30 +0200 Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with > the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes > double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I > release the

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with > the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes > double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I > release the mouse button. Clicking on the t

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/09/2021 08:04 AM, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: Hi! I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I release the mouse button. Clicking

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 10:29:06AM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 09/10/2021 10:04, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with > > the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singlecli

Re: Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 09/10/2021 10:04, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: Hi! I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I release the mouse button. Clicking

Mouse left button acts really strange

2021-10-09 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
Hi! I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I release the mouse button. Clicking on the terminal icon in my xfce panel often starts

Re: mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-23 Thread sp...@caiway.net
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:15:33 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:45:07 +0200 > "sp...@caiway.net" wrote: > > > I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen > > big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red &g

Re: mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-22 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:45:07 +0200 "sp...@caiway.net" wrote: > I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen > big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red > mouse pointer > > When I start blackbox, the green one also changes to the

mouse pointer in changes unwanted

2021-08-22 Thread sp...@caiway.net
My mouse cursor does not follow update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme I use sddm as display manager, when this is started I get my chosen big green cursor but when I log in it changes to a small red mouse pointer When I start blackbox, the green one also changes to the red adduser test

Re: How to request a package be updated? (Solaar, for controlling Logitech MX Master 3 mouse)

2021-08-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 07:29:10PM +, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > How does one ask for a package to be updated? In general? File a wishlist bug. During a freeze, however, there aren't going to be many updated packages. > The Solaar package, which provides functionality for Logitech mice

How to request a package be updated? (Solaar, for controlling Logitech MX Master 3 mouse)

2021-08-04 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
How does one ask for a package to be updated? The Solaar package, which provides functionality for Logitech mice (and keyboards), is at 1.0.4 in bullseye and sid, but the current version is 1.0.6, which was released on June 16. (And 1.0.5 came out in February, so it's been a while.) Apparently

Re: Any hams here? Is there a program that lets me use a mouse as a CW paddle?

2021-02-11 Thread Nate Bargmann
Speaking as an operator that doesn't use manually generated Morse all that much, I would think that using a mouse in this manner would not be ergonomic and would lead to repetitive strain injuries (carpal tunnel, etc.). Besides that there becomes the issue of retraining your muscle memory when

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