9 Jan
2023
9 Jan
'23
4:50 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 at 16:35, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
Although optical mouses are probably much more robust than the old-fashioned wheeled mice, I suspect that they all have weaknesses and eventually will fail.
I suspect that they shouldn't really fail, unless it was a bad make with bad QC or accidental damage by the user. I've been using my Microsoft "Wheel Mouse Optical" mouse since circa 2002. Yes, approximately 20 years now. And I use it every day, and all the time.
I have a bad feeling that Bev's mouse is fine, but there is some sort of software (X11 / Wayland detection / window manager) issue or driver issue (I think some of the MadCat mice didn't work on Linux?) going on.
Best of luck, Srdjan