[ale] weird mouse problem

[Jim Philips]

The issue with ondemand governor is a known kernel bug that affects older
processors, like mine. But I can't say that it directly affects mouse
operations. I did manager to get to the Xorg log and saw something
interesting:

(II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Trackball
(/dev/input/event4)
(**) Logitech USB Trackball: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
(**) Logitech USB Trackball: always reports core events
(**) Logitech USB Trackball: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Logitech USB Trackball: Found 9 mouse buttons
(II) Logitech USB Trackball: Found relative axes
(II) Logitech USB Trackball: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Logitech USB Trackball: Configuring as mouse
(**) Logitech USB Trackball: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Logitech USB Trackball: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,
EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Trackball" (type:
MOUSE)
(II) Logitech USB Trackball: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Trackball
(/dev/input/mouse1)
(II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(/dev/input/event2)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer
catchall"
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4,
EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation"
(type: MOUSE)


The Logitech mouse is the one I have. I have no idea how the Macintosh
entries got there. I have never owned such a mouse nor configured for that
button emulation.


On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

>  Starts to make *me* wonder about a bug...
>
> I'm currently running (and at the time of my failure):
>
> Fedora 12 (Constantine)
> Kernel Linux 2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686
> GNOME 2.28.2
> Evolution 2.28.3 (this is where I was working when my mouse hang occurred
> and cleared when I force-quit the application -- nothing else open)
>
> How about you Damon and Jim?
>
> ...Rich in Lilburn
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com<%22Damon%20L.%20Chesser%22%20%3cdamon at damtek.com%3e>
> >
> *Reply-to*: damon at damtek.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run
> Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> *To*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org<Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale at ale.org%3e>
> >
> *Subject*: Re: [ale] weird mouse problem
> *Date*: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:58 -0400
>
> On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 21:20 -0400, Jim Philips wrote:
> > I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Everything had been working okay. But today,
> > I got this problem with the mouse where no mouse clicks have any
> > effect. The cursor moves just fine. But no clicks seem to register.
> > The logs indicate some issue with USB and it is plugged into a USB
> > port. But I can't highlight and copy the text, because that would
> > imply mouse clicks. I can type commands at the command line. Any idea
> > where I should start looking?
> >
> >
> > By the way, the mouse works fine in Windows.
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> Well, anecdotal but...yesterday playing with lxde and compiz, I
> completely lost my mouse clicks for minutes, then they came back.
> Perhaps we are seeing a bug.  Or they are unrelated.
>
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