Mouse problem getting worse

[steve7233]

Now I know whats wrong with my mouse. Maybe I need to name my mouse Jamie Summers or Steve Austin since I am running Bionic Bever.

[TWPonKubuntu]

Aha! Once again your advice proves invaluable...

I'll try to bribe my mouse with junk food and report back if it becomes better behaved.

It occurs to me that I should use crushed Chinese Fortune Cookies for this. My mouse is probably more familiar with those.

[GreyGeek]

Ah, that’s your problem. Mice hate water! And, they love filth! Maybe sprinkling potato chip crumbs around, along with some chocolate grime on pad ...

[TWPonKubuntu]

I do check, every time I give it a bath. I run a clean system here.

[GreyGeek]

Maybe it's hiding its droppings under your mouse pad, did you check?

[TWPonKubuntu]

It's afraid of you!
(Is it house broken?? )

No, it hasn't been a member of my computer family for very long and still doesn't respond well to voice commands. I try not to yell at it too frequently... But sometimes...

I'll try speaking softly to it in the future if you think that will help.

[edit] I just realized that it is probably a Chinese mouse and only understand the tone of my voice. That's what I get for using a cheap lowcost unmarked mouse.

[GreyGeek]

I need your advice on mouse wire training. Mine keeps trying to crawl under the mouse pad... Not joking.

It's afraid of you!
(Is it house broken?? )

[TWPonKubuntu]

I need your advice on mouse wire training. Mine keeps trying to crawl under the mouse pad... Not joking.

[jglen490]

The wire on mine just hangs off the back of the desk and is well behaved. I taught it to sit up, roll over, and play dead, but it does require treats ...

The good news is, it doesn't bark or shed, unlike my real dog.

Just kidding - have a good weekend. Gonna go play with a Bionic Beaver ... installation.

[jlittle]

However, it seems that if you are going to put the dongle on an extension cable and place the dongle close to the mouse, you may as well use a wired mouse!

Well, for me, not at all. The wire on a mouse is a nuisance.

It can annoyingly catch on things, and there needs to be much more free space around the mouse. The wire causes a varying drag, especially when the mouse is moved quickly, making movement inaccurate. All that flexing makes the wire start to fail in a year or two.

Regards, John Little

[jglen490]

So duct taping the wireless dongle-on-cable to the top edge of the mouse pad (right next to the electrified cheese), which appears to be eligible for a Darwin award, will not be allowed! Nor will taping the dongle to the mouse itself!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Still, this seems like a good way to test the mouse dongle connection. The next step is to try an different wireless mouse and dongle.

Good one, too!

To me, unless you've no choice but to sit - far - away from where the PC/laptop is located and can thus only communicate to the PC/laptop wirelessly there is no point to using a wireless mouse/keyboard. It's another cute gadget with a built-in failure mode. Sheesh ... !

[TWPonKubuntu]

That's a good idea.

However, it seems that if you are going to put the dongle on an extension cable and place the dongle close to the mouse, you may as well use a wired mouse!

Just an observation ...

So duct taping the wireless dongle-on-cable to the top edge of the mouse pad (right next to the electrified cheese), which appears to be eligible for a Darwin award, will not be allowed! Nor will taping the dongle to the mouse itself!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Still, this seems like a good way to test the mouse dongle connection. The next step is to try an different wireless mouse and dongle.

[jglen490]

That's a good idea.

However, it seems that if you are going to put the dongle on an extension cable and place the dongle close to the mouse, you may as well use a wired mouse!

Just an observation ...

[jlittle]

... wireless mouse was having problems...

Is this on a computer connected via Wi-Fi? A change in any of

• the position (or even orientation) of the computer
• the position of the router
• the wireless driver in the computer
• other devices nearby, not necessarily connecting to the same router, nor necessarily computer devices (say, cordless phones)

can lead to interference and trigger wireless mouse problems.

On the off chance these considerations might be relevant to wireless throughput problems reported on this forum recently, I raised them asking if a wireless mouse was involved, and the poster replied yes, without the wireless mouse the problems were gone.

Also, I have a wireless Logitech mouse that was not working well some years ago (sometimes clicks didn't register) on a desktop sitting under a desk to one side. This was solved by using a USB extension cable (one end is female) so that the dongle sits on the desk close to the mouse.

Regards, John Little

[jglen490]

It's still probably hardware, or even electrical. On my last rebuld, I put a new power supply into my desktop. That fixed a lot of problems.

But, other than that, I don't use a wireless mouse and other than wearing out, I've not had problems with any Logitech mouse that I've ever had.