From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 12:47:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAEEAE7 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:47:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from z3r03nna@antiniveau.dyndns.org) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9858FC08 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from antiniveau.dyndns.org (dslb-188-102-148-071.pools.arcor-ip.net [188.102.148.71]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MHrNV-1Tsg1j2hED-003OKQ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:42:06 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.11] by antiniveau.dyndns.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpefa-0006Ko-Fx; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:40:42 +0100 Message-ID: <50E18833.5080704@antiniveau.dyndns.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:42:27 +0100 From: Alexander Lindemann User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shane Ambler Subject: Re: Strange mouse behavior in Gnome2 References: <50E038C2.3060007@antiniveau.dyndns.org> <50E0E327.9090705@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <50E0E327.9090705@ShaneWare.Biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:9dLWaFmHX91sFqSEdb/0bOmjyH4fv/iD9kvwErTUwus IK8gkwJ9gSB+mm0fvZ3zZvipjSCPudLSYNKyqSS4Ycw1yJqdMg UCW/miMBDkEVM4PS9MlSBbOxr3/xMNI3vh+jOv3O+jgVqONevM +O5Yx7VO73i75e1eMnyNoeF/mOPicoyI2UZeUOu9YsQw7BLhEr nyqNLSsctMpRTb3ExXefNV1wMwQwFR+kOk1Lw1SrNxrLU5B4c5 qXb6gKfwLsVD5D8m+weM6LiP0jaGnz16QC4H7uY/3LHdMO7y3V rf4lSo+ECg+QFf1NTO+2wzaFq0oipd8/m2PKEXITxuBtOhRvWP 6IrvJ1yCNqz57NY98hz8M4RVJXfgfg7tF91nSuJVWe3pG5sVfR GwVWuuwMgI5+A== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:47:18 -0000 On 12/31/2012 01:58 AM, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 30/12/2012 23:21, Alexander Lindemann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a strange problem with my mouse while using Gnome2 (same >> problem with KDE) on FreeBSD 9: >> >> mouseclicks aren't working if I open another window, my testcase is >> opening the keyboard-settings and trying to add another Layout, but >> its the same with other windows. I can't even open an terminal >> without loosing control of the panel and the other windows. I can >> close and manipulate the windows with my keyboard. >> >> I tried everything I could find about HAL and X, but nothing helped. >> >> I hope you can help me. >> > > Start with the basics - is one mouse and keyboard the only input devices > you have? Are they plugged straight into the motherboard sockets? > > I ask this as I have just tried running the mouse through a usb hub that > turned out to be flaky causing it to have erratic behaviour. I have also > seen a second mouse and a wacom tablet interfere with a mouse. The two > mice came from a wireless keyboard/mouse combo where the mouse was > useless (actually it was a logitech wireless combo, the mouse was going > to sleep even as I was using it) - the wireless transceiver always > responded as a mouse and keyboard even if the mouse had no battery to > respond. > My (usb-)mouse is directly plugged into a port on my mainboard. The keyboard is plugged into the PS/2 Port. No other periphials are connected. My mouse works in other OSses (Windows, Linux). I also tried a different usb-mouse, but it didnt work too.