On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> 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).
No mouse pointer there.
>
> I would try a different (new) user.
Exactly the same.
>
> I would try in console-mode only (may have to install 'gpm').
Yes, mouse pointer present in console with gpm running, but I can't
tell if there's any misbehaviour, it doesn't actually do much. It
selects in mc, but not in aptitude.
>
> Then go from there.
>
Not much to go on so far. Thanks for your suggestions. This looks like
a bug in an upgrade, but I can't see evidence of anyone else seeing it.
This is the real problem with running sid: not that things break, but
that they only break for me.
--
Joe
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