Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-09 Thread rhkramer
Thanks for the update on the solution -- it could help someone else in the future. (PS: Sorry about your fall and broken shoulder blades -- I hope they heal completely and soon.) On Thursday, May 08, 2025 04:22:08 PM Van Snyder wrote: > When I reached for that mouse, my forearm was depressesing

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread Van Snyder
I've worked out the cause of the problem, and the weirdness of the apparent solution. I broke both shoulder blades in a recent fall. In particular, I still can't raise my right hand onto the mouse pad on the right side of my keyboard, and there's no space for one on the left. So I put my wireless

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Thursday 08 May 2025 12:42:38 pm gene heskett wrote: > > On 5/8/25 09:33, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 09:27:54AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> So, iiuc, one mouse works properly, and the other does not. My first > >> suspect > >> would be the

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread gene heskett
On 5/8/25 09:33, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 09:27:54AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] So, iiuc, one mouse works properly, and the other does not. My first suspect would be the mouse hardware. If the problem mouse is the wireless one, I'd also suspect the driver

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread rhkramer
Good points! On Thursday, May 08, 2025 09:32:40 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 09:27:54AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > [...] > > > So, iiuc, one mouse works properly, and the other does not. My first > > suspect would be the mouse hardware. > > > > If the problem

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread tomas
On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 09:27:54AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > So, iiuc, one mouse works properly, and the other does not. My first suspect > would be the mouse hardware. > > If the problem mouse is the wireless one, I'd also suspect the driver for the > wireless mouse. Or the b

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread rhkramer
> On Thu 8 may, 2025, at 04:01, Van Snyder wrote: > > I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. > > > > Suddenly today, the buttons started deciding on their own what they > > meant. For example, the left button in the center of a Firefox tab > > closed the tab instead of "to

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-08 Thread Loïc Grenié
On Thu 8 may, 2025, at 04:01, Van Snyder wrote: > I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. > > Suddenly today, the buttons started deciding on their own what they meant. > For example, the left button in the center of a Firefox tab closed the tab > instead of "topping" it. T

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-07 Thread Eben King
On 5/7/25 21:37, Van Snyder wrote: On Wed, 2025-05-07 at 20:47 -0400, Eben King wrote: On 5/7/25 20:03, Van Snyder wrote: I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. The scroll wheel magnifies or shrinks instead of scrolling. That there is what happens if the ctrl ke

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-07 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-05-07 at 20:47 -0400, Eben King wrote: > > > On 5/7/25 20:03, Van Snyder wrote: > > I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. > > > > The scroll wheel magnifies or shrinks instead of scrolling. > > That there is what happens if the ctrl key is down.  Maybe you

Re: Mouse weirdness

2025-05-07 Thread Eben King
On 5/7/25 20:03, Van Snyder wrote: I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. The scroll wheel magnifies or shrinks instead of scrolling. That there is what happens if the ctrl key is down. Maybe yours is stuck, or the computer lost track of its up-down state? Try ta

Mouse weirdness

2025-05-07 Thread Van Snyder
I have two mice: One is wireless, the other USB, both Logitech. Suddenly today, the buttons started deciding on their own what they meant. For example, the left button in the center of a Firefox tab closed the tab instead of "topping" it. The scroll wheel magnifies or shrinks instead of scrolling.