mouse crazy

[Peter]

Zbigniew Koziol <softquake at ...> writes:
> On both, mouse worked great, until I touched it.

A couple of things:
- hotplugging mice sometimes drives the computer's mouse processing machine
insane. reboot the windows pc and restart the X server on *nix, then try again.
- it is possible and likely to kill consumer (!!) equipment by touching it in
winter/spring when humidity is low. the cause is static electricity that will
cause a small discharge when you touch something. try the mouse with a third
computer and with an ordinary pad under it (cardboard file sleeve or sheet of
paper). if it still does not work get rid of the mouse.
- remind your wife that she is supposed to bear with you in good and bad. that
includes computer and mouse problems :)

In general do not hotplug pointer devices if you do not have a good reason to do
so. Similar things occur with cheap kvm (not the brand) switches if the mouse
moves while the switching occurs.

Peter


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