Mouse stalls (was Re: [Gllug] Controversial Joel Spolsky article)

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 16 Dec, Christopher Currie wrote:
> 

> 
> But the bad news is that since about October the SuSe Linux has 
> developed a randomly freezing mouse cursor; 
> the problem seems to be with the Xserver rather than the
> desktop (I've tried several, all of which display it); and reformatting
> the Linux partitions and reinstalling a bare-bones Suse 8.1 system 
> in November failed to cure it, so it's not due to any new software 
> installation.  I have tried all the config changes suggested by the help
> system without effect.
> 
> My children, who'd become quite pro Linux, are now very hostile to it -
> they see it, rightly in this case, as just as unreliable as Windows.
> 
> Although I suspect that the cause is some hardware fault new in
> October, I have no idea which board or chip might be responsible. 
> The logs give me no obvious clue. And Windows doesn't display this 
> particular fault, despite its others. If I call in a techie friend he'll
> be a Windoze buff with no interest in solving the Linux problem.
> 
> [The mouse is a Microsoft Intellimouse with 2 buttons & hamster wheel, and
> the graphics card is an Nvidia Geoforce that Suse don't support,
> so I use Suse's dummy driver ( using the correct Nvidia driver did not
> solve the fault and eventually disabled the Xwindows system completely)].
> 
   The usual problem is caused by greasy deposits transferred from the mouse
ball to the rollers. Remove and clean the ball, and scrape off any debris
stuck to the three rollers inside the housing, often seen as a thin line
just where they contact the ball. Do not leave traces of washing up liquid,
and allow time to dry completely.


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Chris Bell

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