It is a wired mouse. Late last night I wondered about an updated driver for Windows, and found the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center program. After I installed that on the laptop, the mouse has worked perfectly under Windows all day today....
Paul On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:10 PM Tilghman Lesher <tilgh...@meg.abyt.es> wrote: > If this was happening to me, I'd replace the battery. I don't know if > yours is wireless or wired, though. > > If it's wired, I'd replace the mouse. > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 5:42 PM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So if you have been following along, you know I have had mouse and > keyboard issues with my Linux home server. Well I've had time to do more > testing with the mouse (a Microsoft Comfort Mouse 4500). > > > > I booted the computer to WIndows to update, in case I ever HAD to use > Windows. The mouse worked normally for a fraction of a second before the > buttons stopped clicking like it sometimes does under Linux. (It always > moves the mouse pointer just fine.) > > > > I was using software KVM (Barrier). when the mouse acted up again, it > also affected the Windows trackpad buttons. After disconnecting from the > KVM, after either a long time of waiting, or rebooting, the Windows > trackpad works normally again. > > > > I tried the mouse on another Windows notebook. It clicked normally until > the software finished setting up the mouse, then the buttons (and trackpad) > stopped clicking on that computer as well. And the trackpad again would not > work until I rebooted (I was impatient and didn't try to wait). > > > > I'm planning to just get rid of the mouse, but this sounds more like a > software issue since it normally works for probably averaging about 40 > minutes under Linux, and multiple Windows attempts it immediately stops > clicking.. > > > > Now that I've replaced the mouse and keyboard, I will see if the old > (but excellent) keyboard works, or if it was just the mouse causing > problems. > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS3PsL4d2mP-36GyYcDf%2B_ru-jCJ6z-DKYoJzgqSA8nUxw%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcUJUn47ac5Ap_S%3D4UHZmJUaO6tYPpO2ZEPq4dg_kNPmbQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS2mc9gxc3r6ubdy8Yvo7xf2S15gNoYQULyQcfP8bbhccg%40mail.gmail.com.
