Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-30 Thread Nat Taylor
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynergyHowto https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synergy etc... its in all the repos I think... On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 7:53 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > One solution might be to install synergy, and use one mouse for both. You > can set it up so if you drag the

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-30 Thread Nat Taylor
One solution might be to install synergy, and use one mouse for both. You can set it up so if you drag the mouse off the right of the laptop screen, and have it go onto the desktop screen. https://symless.com/synergy On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:21 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > If anyone really wants

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-30 Thread Ben Koenig
If anyone really wants to dig into the causes of RF interference, here is a fun read https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.pdf The description of a "jerky mouse" is actually very common in technical support. What the user

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: I know that this comment is the essence of thread drift, but you need to be careful with your titles. I've spent the evening being distracted of thoughts of a mouse built out of thin sheets of dried, smoked beef. And I -- briefly --

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-30 Thread King Beowulf
On 10/29/18 9:56 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:14:10 -0700 > King Beowulf dijo: > >> On 10/29/18 6:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 >>> Jason Barnett dijo: >>> ..snip... > > Second, the M185 receiver does not have an orange

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:14:10 -0700 King Beowulf dijo: >On 10/29/18 6:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 >> Jason Barnett dijo: >> >>> In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low >>> battery in the mouse, or RF interference. >>> Try a

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-29 Thread tim
Quoting King Beowulf : On 10/29/18 6:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 Jason Barnett dijo: In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low battery in the mouse, or RF interference. Try a wired mouse. If it still jerks then it is a

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-29 Thread King Beowulf
On 10/29/18 6:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 > Jason Barnett dijo: > >> In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low >> battery in the mouse, or RF interference. >> Try a wired mouse. If it still jerks then it is a computer/software >>

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-10-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:31:47 -0700 Jason Barnett dijo: >In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low >battery in the mouse, or RF interference. >Try a wired mouse. If it still jerks then it is a computer/software >issue, if it works fine then it is likely an RF issue. The

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-09-28 Thread alan
> The mouse on my desktop (less than a year old) is a Logitech M185 > wireless USB mouse. It jerks, and extremely slowly, that is, you move > it and nothing happens for a couple minutes. And when it does finally > move it's not exactly where you wanted it, so repeat the operation. It > can take

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-09-28 Thread Jason Barnett
In my experience, this type of problem has always been either a low battery in the mouse, or RF interference. Try a wired mouse. If it still jerks then it is a computer/software issue, if it works fine then it is likely an RF issue. On Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 9:59 AM John Jason Jordan wrote: > The

[PLUG] Jerky Mouse

2018-09-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
The mouse on my desktop (less than a year old) is a Logitech M185 wireless USB mouse. It jerks, and extremely slowly, that is, you move it and nothing happens for a couple minutes. And when it does finally move it's not exactly where you wanted it, so repeat the operation. It can take ten minutes