On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 11:19:26AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > One more idea. Did you try a different mouse? For example a usb mouse, > > whether that behaves the same? In case that helps any in isolating > > the problem. > > I did: the problem does not affect the USB mouse I connected to the > machine nor does it affect the touchpad buttons, apparently. > Only the trackpoint buttons. > > I say "apparently" because there remain the possibility that the problem > shows up only after N clicks and I haven't use the touchpad buttons or > the mouse buttons enough times for the problem to appear.
Just for kicks: have you tried removing (sudo rmmod psmouse) and then re-inserting (sudo modprobe psmouse) the psmouse kernel module? Should that help, then it would at least hint to something in the kernel module (or in the firmware at the other side of the fence) getting out of whack... Cheers -- t
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