Invisible Windows

[Nils Kassube]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 28 June 2013 07:47:08 GaryT did opine:
> > Help :-)
> > The ability to read help files doesn't solve this one.
> > 
> > I'm looking for a Linux programmer or expert super-user to say "Yes,
> > by all means, do the following".  Any help appreciated.
> > 
> > Using version 10.04 LTS.

The desktop part of 10.04 has reached EOL, so I would suggest to upgrade 
to a current Ubuntu version.

> > Today I had an incident where the mouse suddenly went haywire. It
> > travelled all around the edges of the screen, it closed windows,
> > made
> > new folders, and generally clicked in and on all sorts of places.
> > It has happened before and last time I solved it by replacing my KVM
> > switch because it also happened on another machine.  That was with
> > an
> > earlier version Ubuntu and was a long time ago. With the new KVM
> > switch there have been no issues, until now, and not yet on another
> > machine.
> > 
> > When this happened in the past you had to delete all the unwanted
> > new
> > folders, restore all the deleted files and generally spend time
> > cleaning up, after a reboot.
> 
> And this has happened in the past too?  Either you have been hacked,
> wipe that drive clean & reinstall, or that mouse hates you, replace
> it.

Another option would be a wireless mouse with low batteries or a 
neighbour with the same wireless mouse model.


Nils