mouse input issues.

[accessys at smart.net]

power supplies are relatively inexpensive and an 8yr old one is probably 
pretty tired.. so I would replace that and see if it solves the problem. 
and can always be transfered to a new computer. get enough watts for the 
future.

and 8 yrs old probably needs a new CPU which almost automatically call for 
a new motherboard.

Bob


On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, seawing wrote:

> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:34:54 -0700
> From: seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com>
> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: mouse input issues.
> 
> but how do I diagnose which one it is?  the system is almost 8 years old.
> The HDD just went bad and had to be replaced, what will be next?  I am
> happy to save the money, but I also need to keep working.  How do you
> recommend determining which component is going bad?
>
> Jason Earrame
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> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> why replace entire system when only certain parts are likely bad.
>>
>> is 99.9% either
>> motherboard
>> CPU or
>> powersupply
>>
>> Bob
>> and don't forget to backup
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, seawing wrote:
>>
>>  Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:54:12 -0700
>>> From: seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com>
>>> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Subject: Re: mouse input issues.
>>>
>>> yep, I have just been running off the live disk all day just to see if I
>>> would experience a crash like what happens on the HDD.  Guess what.  It
>>> just crashed. I guess it is time for a new system.  :(
>>>
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>>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:31 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> could be motherboard failing,, mine did all sorts of random wonky stuff
>>>> before letting the smoke escape.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, seawing wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:03:03 -0700
>>>>
>>>>> From: seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.
>>>>> com>
>>>>> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: mouse input issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have still not solved the crashing issue that I have been
>>>>> experiencing.
>>>>> I solved a different problem by using different USB ports and abandoning
>>>>> the ps2 ports making me think that the ports were just bad.  I know that
>>>>> my
>>>>> dvd drive is bad because it won't boot from a live disk.
>>>>>
>>>>> I decided to try one more test before dropping a grand on a new
>>>>> system.  I
>>>>> got a different dvd drive and ran a live disk. With the live disk
>>>>> (14.04)
>>>>> running, the ps2 ports work again and the USB ports seem to be
>>>>> functioning
>>>>> without a hitch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am going to leave it running all day to see if there is any crash, but
>>>>> if
>>>>> not I strongly suspect that it is software and not hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my question, what is my next step if it is kubuntu?  I could
>>>>> re-install from the disk, but the problems all arose after I did an
>>>>> update,
>>>>> so it seems that the issue isn't from the initial installation.  It
>>>>> seems
>>>>> unwise to just not do updates.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess there is one other possibility and that it that it could be an
>>>>> issue with the brand new Western Digital HDD, and running from the live
>>>>> disk bypasses that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason Earrame
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:28 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> On 10/09/2014 02:53, seawing wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I plugged in my usb keyboard and now everything is working.  For
>>>>>>> how long I don't know, but that is how it has been going.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:38 PM, seawing <Jason at seawingdesigns.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:Jason at seawingdesigns.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, this is totally bizarre.  I moved my mouse transmitter to a
>>>>>>> different USB port and now the click problem seems to be gone, but
>>>>>>> now my ps2 keyboard stopped working.  {how do you make the
>>>>>>> emoticon of pulling your hair out?}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Scott DuBois <sdubois at linux.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/09/2014 04:54 PM, seawing wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Thanks Scott.  This behavior seems to be effecting any window
>>>>>>>> that I have open. I don't believe that I have a mouse driver, and
>>>>>>>> if I do it is pre-installed.  I am using a logitec wireless
>>>>>>>> mouse.  I broke my only PS2 mouse right at the begining of this
>>>>>>>> process so I don't currently have one to test with.  I do have a
>>>>>>>> ps2 adapter that I will try.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am making it limp along by doing what I said earlier, dragging
>>>>>>>> a tab in a window and dropping it makes all the areas active. as
>>>>>>>> soon as I click on something, change to a different open
>>>>>>>> application for example, then only the application buttons are
>>>>>>>> active and the tabs and buttons in the window are not active.  I
>>>>>>>> then grab one of those application buttons, like the Firefox or
>>>>>>>> konqueror buttons and act like I am dragging them to the desktop,
>>>>>>>> but then drop them back where they were and then all the buttons
>>>>>>>> are active again. much have to shut down This mostly works until
>>>>>>>> something happens where no buttons work and the only way to
>>>>>>>> switch applications is to alt+tab.  This sometimes gets it
>>>>>>>> unstuck.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This morning instead of having a click problem I was having a
>>>>>>>> white flashing screen.  I changed to the x.org <http://x.org>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  <http://x.org> x server video
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  driver and that went away.  I thought all of my problems were
>>>>>>>> solved, but after half an hour of working the click problem came
>>>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have disabled all the desktop effects, but that didn't help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will try the ps2 adapter now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jason Earrame www.SeaWingDesigns.com
>>>>>>>> <http://www.SeaWingDesigns.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  <http://www.seawingdesigns.com/>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Scott DuBois <sdubois at linux.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:sdubois at linux.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 09/08/2014 05:19 PM, seawing wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I don't think so because it is pretty specific.  I can click on
>>>>>>>>> some things and not others.  I can continue to click around
>>>>>>>>> tabs for instance, but not close or minimize the window.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Can you narrow it down to "certain" programs? Because right now
>>>>>>>> the little info to go on is just too broad to really nail
>>>>>>>> something down.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mouse drivers? Try a different mouse if you can. Have you tried
>>>>>>>> unplugging it then rebooting then plugging the mouse back in to
>>>>>>>> be re-detected?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have an adapter, try the PS2 port and see if that works.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Man, I would be throwing things and cursing with these kinds of
>>>>>>> problems. Congrats for staying cool. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Um, something someone once threw at me as a diagnosis tool is to
>>>>>>> create a new "user" that is bare-bone and see if the problem goes
>>>>>>> away. Then we can determine if the problem is user-settings related
>>>>>>> or global.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good thinking about turning off all the eye candy! +1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  it sounds like hardware issues to me - on the older laptop in the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> house one of the usb ports is simply not working any more though it
>>>>>> can be used to charge phones etc
>>>>>>
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