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Re: Mouse trouble on sid

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On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

> On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Upgraded sid two days ago for the first time for a week or so. Today
> > have serious mouse problems. Xfce on AMD. First thing tried of
> > course was another mouse, just the same.<snip>
> >
> > The computer is barely usable in this state. There were too many
> > packages upgraded, including the kernel, to be able to narrow down
> > the culprit or attempt a rollback, well over 100. Google tells me
> > various things about making the mouse do things, but they all seem
> > to involve some extra mouse tweak package, none of which I have
> > installed.  
> 
> 
> I would boot into the CMOS/BIOS/System Setup, and make sure the mouse 
> works properly there (assuming your hardware has such a setup).

No mouse pointer there.
> 
> I would try a different (new) user.

Exactly the same.
> 
> I would try in console-mode only (may have to install 'gpm').

Yes, mouse pointer present in console with gpm running, but I can't
tell if there's any misbehaviour, it doesn't actually do much. It
selects in mc, but not in aptitude.
> 
> Then go from there.
> 
Not much to go on so far. Thanks for your suggestions. This looks like
a bug in an upgrade, but I can't see evidence of anyone else seeing it.

This is the real problem with running sid: not that things break, but
that they only break for me.

-- 
Joe

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Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-15 19:00 +0200
  Re: Mouse trouble on sid Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2023-05-15 20:30 +0200
    Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-15 21:20 +0200
      Re: Mouse trouble on sid "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-05-15 21:40 +0200
        Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-15 22:00 +0200
          Re: Mouse trouble on sid Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-05-15 22:20 +0200
            Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 09:40 +0200
            Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 11:50 +0200
              Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 12:10 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-05-16 12:30 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 20:30 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2023-05-16 20:50 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 21:10 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-17 06:40 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-05-17 06:50 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-17 11:10 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-17 12:20 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-05-17 12:20 +0200
                Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-17 15:40 +0200
                [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-17 20:10 +0200
                Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-05-17 20:50 +0200
                Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-05-17 22:10 +0200
                Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-17 22:40 +0200
                Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-18 07:30 +0200
                Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mouse trouble on sid gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-18 10:40 +0200
          Re: Mouse trouble on sid Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-05-15 22:50 +0200
            Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 09:40 +0200
      Re: Mouse trouble on sid Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2023-05-15 22:50 +0200
      Re: Mouse trouble on sid Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2023-05-15 22:50 +0200
        Re: Mouse trouble on sid Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-16 10:00 +0200

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