So the light comes on under my optical (wired) mouse but the cursor doesn't move. I've just tried the usb slot with a usb stick and it's fine. Ideas? Other than get a new mouse which I am doing?
lsusb brings:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:648b Microdia Integrated Webcam Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:8197 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bev
On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 06:52:54PM +0000, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So the light comes on under my optical (wired) mouse but the cursor doesn't move. I've just tried the usb slot with a usb stick and it's fine. Ideas? Other than get a new mouse which I am doing?
I'd simply try it on another computer, you could also look at the output of dmesg (you may need to be root to do that).
Adam --
On 07/01/2023 10:59, Adam Bower wrote:
On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 06:52:54PM +0000, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So the light comes on under my optical (wired) mouse but the cursor doesn't move. I've just tried the usb slot with a usb stick and it's fine. Ideas? Other than get a new mouse which I am doing?
I'd simply try it on another computer, you could also look at the output of dmesg (you may need to be root to do that).
Adam
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. As the light is coming on, it suggests that power is getting to it, but I've seen a bunch of wired mice fail with cable damage - not surprising really as it keeps moving.
Whatever the cause, as Adam suggests, try it on another PC or two. If it works, then work out what's wrong. More likely, it's had it and you need that new one.
Good luck.
Steve
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
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
Thank you for engaging with this. The one snag is that I have no other computer to test the old mouse with. (I'd need some kind of special adapter if I tried it with a tablet of course. I shall keep it though, in case I can do so at some point in the future.) I'm left with bash commands.
The new mouse seems fine though.
Bev
On 09/01/2023 21:26, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
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!
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