Re: errant mouse-over behaviour.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:28:29 +0200
> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:57 +0000, Curt wrote:
>> > On 2013-10-22, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I've got this rather weird problem atm, in that if I mouse-over
>> > > something it is picked up by the mouse! I can mouse-over text and
>> > > it is immediately highlighted! How can I [a] stop this, and/or
>> > > [b]re-calibrate the mouse to get rid of this behaviour. Its
>> > > developed overnight for some reason, and has even survived
>> > > rebooting. I'm not aware of doing anything to provoke/create this
>> > > weird behaviour, but its really winding me up! Can anyone suggest
>> > > some solutions please?
>> > >
>> > > > I'd plug in and test another mouse in order eliminate the defective
>> > hardware possibility.
>>
>> Or use this mouse in another port or better with another computer.
>> Booting another OS, e.g. a Linux from a live media is useful.
>
> I've just unplugged all usb devices, and powered down and left it for
> 10 minute’s, restarted and then plugging in the usb devices once I’d
> got a desktop again. So now I'm just evaluating whether I've got rid
> of the problem. But it doesn't seem to have cleared it, the problem
> still remains.
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
I'll get this kind of sticking with my netbook. Trackpad and mouse
together seem to conflict. But usually unplugging the mouse and
plugging it in a different port will clear the problem.
(I suppose I should see if there is a bug on this.)
Have you tried a different mouse, or the same mouse in a different
machine? If you can, it would at least help to eliminate the possible
hardware issues.
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Joel Rees
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