On 09/01/2023 16:50, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
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.
That's certainly a possibility, especially if it suddenly happened after a software update.
I too have an ancient cabled mouse that's working fine.
Some electronic component have a limited lifespan though, so it could be that.
My money though is on the cable. I've had so many devices fail when the cable is in constant movement when it goes into the device (usually headphones into the jack), but I have been in a school with a whole box full of mice where the cables looked intact, the light came on but the signal didn't get through because one or more of the wires in the cable was broken. That's why my money's on the cable.
but we'll see!
good luck!
Steve