Just a follow up on this. Last month it seemed to have fixed itself, but last week it started to occur again. This time I replaced the old trackball with another one, and that appears to have corrected the problem. So it does appear that it was the mouse itself. As a test, I'm going to bring the mouse to work tomorrow where I run Fedora 20 as my primary desktop system. On 02/05/2014 09:52 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > It is the older trackball with the ball on the left. I have one at work > with the ball in the center. > In any case, the latest update seemed to have alleviated the problem. > Not sure what the issue was.. > > On 02/04/2014 05:45 PM, g wrote: >> hello jerry, >> >> On 02/04/2014 11:45 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> On 02/01/2014 08:45 PM, g wrote: >>>> >>>> On 02/01/2014 05:57 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>>>> On 02/01/2014 03:14 PM, g wrote: >>>> <<>> >>>>>> selecting above from you post, presents a question, >>>>>> >>>>>> have you tried using another mouse? >>>>>> >>>>> That's exactly what I was going to suggest. Over the years I've had >>>>> many mouse cords go bad right at the point where they enter the mouse >>>>> body. I usually disassemble the mouse, prune back the cord, and >>>>> resolder it back together. That fixes the wacky mouse behavior. >>>> get a thumb marble and you can forget about having cord problems. >>>> >>>> you can forget about keeping a "mouse arena" cleared also. which >>>> is one of many reason i got a thumb marble. >>>> >>> It is a Logitech Marble Mouse (eg. track ball). >> ok. >> >> as i have stated, i have had no problems with mine. and only >> maintenance is cleaning the 3 points the ball rolls on. every >> couple months, i do clean the lens in bottom area. >> >> there are 2 types: >> thumb, with marble to side - now called ball >> palm/fingers, with marble in center - now called marble >> >> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/trackballs >> >> because the names have changed with introduction of 'palm', >> which model, part number, and serial number? >> >> are you using standard mouse driver or something logitech related? >> >> only time that i have used logitech driver was with oos to emulate >> scroll wheel. have yet to set up emulation with linux. >> [see links below] >> >> running an update may have included mouse driver. did you check for >> that? have you checked your settings? >> >> >> from my bookmarks collection, if you care to read them, ubuntu forums >> and linux questions have pages on configuring logitech mice; >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=219894&s=b2117097c76b9a814d33baf3ac8cb230 >> >> >> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/logitech-trackball-problem-116297/ >> >> >> if you happen to have m570 [which i am doubting]; >> >> http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/M570-and-Linux/td-p/545324 >> >> >> using xorg.conf and XF86Config; >> >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/xorg-conf-and-logitech-trackman-marble-mouse-914884/ >> >> >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/fine-tuning-logitech-marble-mouse-trackball-186348/ >> >> >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/logitech-ps-2-mouse-jumps-in-x-197831/ >> >> >> scroll wheel emulation; >> >> http://blog.karssen.org/2010/09/11/linux-the-logitech-trackman-marble-and-emulating-a-scroll-wheel/ >> >> >> i have more, but i do not want to load the list down. :-) >> -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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