On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Lee Keyser-Allen <frozbiz@gmail.com> wrote:
FWIW, I don't believe that this (bizzare mouse behavior) is a Linux issue.
I have a wireless logitech keyboard/mouse at work hooked up to a thinkpad running XP, and find that sometimes the mouse goes haywire. It seems to be due to wireless interference (there's a crapload of that in my office).
I find that if it's particularly bad, I can force it to swtich channels and reassociate by hitting the connect button on the receiver followed by the connect button on the mouse (order is important, as just hitting the connect button on the mouse will appear to reassociate, but will not change the channel).
Also I've noticed that these problems tend to be more likely to occur/are worse when the mouse is running low on battery (which it eats through like candy, but that's another gripe).
IIRC this is an issue with wired devices. It may not be a kernel issue at all. Sometimes, hardware is just flakey. The real test would be to use a different brand of mouse for a while and see if the errors stop.
Hope that helps,
Lee
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Jason Couture <plaguethenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Ive noticed that logitech mice seem to have strange issues with linux, Example i have a wireless logitech USB Mouse and keyboard, And every so often the mouse freaks out and jumps all over the screen clicks on things while it does and then returns to normal. Next time it happens ill post a copy of /var/log/messages pertaining to the issue, Perhaps your issue is related?
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:28 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay. great. Will try the 28 kernel and check back in next week with results.
Thanks very much, Liz J
2009/4/25 J. R. Mauro <jrm8005@gmail.com>:
Sorry, didn't see you already had given version/distro info. See if you can upgrade to a more recent kernel; tons of issues with the input layer were fixed between .24/.26 and now. Other advice: ensure that evdev is the driver being used. Other than that, it could be hardware issues.
P.S. I would recommend .28 as I don't think .29 is incredibly stable.
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