Re: Mouse single click handling?

From	Fred <fred@blakemfg.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Mouse single click handling?
Date	2023-12-20 02:10 +0100
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On 12/19/23 11:48, Felix Miata wrote:
> Alexander V. Makartsev composed on 2023-12-19 11:37 (UTC-0500):
> 
>> local10 wrote:
> 
>>> I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they sometimes generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within 10-20ms) instead of a single click.
>> This is a very common problem with micro-switches inside computer mice,
>> mechanical keyboards, etc.
>> They wear out with use and has to be replaced, given that they are very
>> inexpensive, standardized and relatively easy to replace.
>> Here is a link to PDF datasheet [1] for Omron D2F series switches
>> specifications.
>> You need a switch with pin plunger and compatible terminals, those
>> depend on mice model.
>> You can buy them at local electronics store, order them from China
>> (AliExpress), or from any other reputable source.
> 
>> [1] https://omronfs.omron.com/en_US/ecb/products/pdf/en-d2f.pdf
> 
> Can you suggest any particular online source in North America that sells those
> switches? I had no success trying to refurb one in my invaluable Logitech Trackman
> Marble FX PS/2 trackball. It took 2 hours to get that tiny switch back together
> after disassembly and cleaning. :( A Kensington Orbit I had much better luck with
> cleaning, so didn't need a new switch.
> 
> AliExpress is reputable? That's news to me. I ordered something from it 20 months
> ago. There was a lot of back and forth email between us before I actually got
> something a month later that turned out to be used rather than new, and just as
> broken as the original part I was trying to replace. My credit card company
> eventually issued a refund after I explained all that happened. That particular
> card I rarely used, and hadn't for a number of months before that online purchase
> or for several months after. 3 months or so after the refund, there were 4 cash
> advances issued on it totaling around $8,000 on the other side of an ocean I had
> never crossed. Those got reversed, but my credit rating dropped 100 points and
> hasn't come near recovering.
Hi,

digikey.com and mouser.com both have microswitches and good service.  It 
will be a lot easier to throw the mouse away and get a new one.  They 
are almost dirt cheap.

Best regards,
Fred

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Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 16:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-19 16:30 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2023-12-19 16:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-19 16:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-20 05:40 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-20 06:00 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-20 06:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 17:10 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        [SOLVED?] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-21 11:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Installing? Why debian? yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2023-12-19 18:20 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Alexis Grigoriou <alexis@nanoid.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 21:50 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-12-20 16:00 +0100
            [SOLVED] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-20 05:30 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-20 20:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2023-12-20 21:00 +0100
            Re: Mouse single click handling? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-21 15:00 +0100
              Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-22 16:40 +0100
                worn off key labels songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-23 16:30 +0100
                Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-12-23 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 22:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2023-12-20 23:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2023-12-20 02:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-20 03:20 +0100
      OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click  handling?) "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 08:50 +0100
        Re: OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single  clickhandling?) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-20 12:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-20 13:50 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:20 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100

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