bad mouse or a setting

[Michael Butash]

Not been to one since covid, but local Goodwill stores seemed to always
have a bunch of mice and keyboards around, usually for a few bucks just to
be rid of them.  I've found some nice stuff at them, even expensive gaming
keyboards and various peripherals.  One man's garbage...

-mb


On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 5:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:26:46 -0400
>
> >On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 8:30 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
> >plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:36:53 -0400
> >>
> >> >I have a problem. When I click and drag the mouse will create the
> >> >selection box and it will expand but the click will unclick
> >> >periodically and then reclick and then (repeat).
> >> >Does anyone know what's wrong or else should I just get another
> >> >mouse?
> >>
> >> If your mouse has batteries and you haven't changed them in the past
> >> 30 days, just for fun, put new batteries in your mouse. It might
> >> work, and even if not, you ruled out the batteries, which is a
> >> common source of mouse problems.
>
> >Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately it is a wired mouse. I don't have
> >those new-fangled contraptions!
>
> Mice are so cheap that you should always have a known good mouse handy
> to rule out the mouse in problems like this. I've used several of the
> following mouse, and they worked EXTREMELY well, like quicker and more
> accurate than anything else:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/304119211215
>
> Even if your problem isn't your existing mouse, the Blackweb Blue Trace
> Mouse linked above is a tremendous productivity booster.
>
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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