Re: Mouse trouble on sid
On Tue, 16 May 2023 10:44:03 +0100
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:18:12 +0200
> Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > Am Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:57:38PM +0100 schrieb Joe:
> >
> > Hello Joe,
> >
> > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:35:23 +0000
> > > "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500
> > > > > Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you run sid, you are absolutely expected to be able to
> > > > resolve any problems you encounter. If it breaks, you get to
> > > > keep both pieces. That's the contract with sid, more than with
> > > > the other tranches of Debian (which comes with no overall
> > > > warranty).
> > > >
> > > > If you want increased stability and less shiny new stuff, you
> > > > run stable or, if you feel able to help debug and develop it,
> > > > testing.
> > > >
> > > > Them's the breaks: and, as ever, DontBreakDebian by mixing
> > > > different suites.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, I know all that, I've been running sid since sarge was
> > > stable, and only had to reinstall twice in that time.
> >
> > One idea is to try a minimalistic window manager as twm to find out
> > if the issue is related to xfce.
>
> OK, tried twm and fvvm. Both unusable, as a left-click brings up a
> menu for a fraction of a second. Couldn't log out of either, had to
> switch to console and uninstall them. But they confirm the mouse
> problem. It's obviously fairly fundamental.
>
> Just tried previous kernel, but also bad. I can assume by now that
> nobody else has seen this problem.
Just as a sanity check, I booted Knoppix, and of course there's no
problem, it's just an order of magnitude too slow from USB to do
anything useful.
--
Joe
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