Re: Mouse trouble on sid

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today
> have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of course
> was another mouse, just the same.<snip>
>
> The computer is barely usable in this state. There were too many
> packages upgraded, including the kernel, to be able to narrow down the
> culprit or attempt a rollback, well over 100. Google tells me various
> things about making the mouse do things, but they all seem to involve
> some extra mouse tweak package, none of which I have installed.


I would boot into the CMOS/BIOS/System Setup, and make sure the mouse 
works properly there (assuming your hardware has such a setup).

I would try a different (new) user.

I would try in console-mode only (may have to install 'gpm').

Then go from there.

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Kent