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Nicholas (nicholas-a) wrote : Re: [Bug 37929] Re: [HARDY] Logitech mouse goes crazy

I don't think Firefox is the problem. It also happens when I play a game using Wine.

--- On Wed, 10/9/08, causeitsme <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: causeitsme <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 37929] Re: [HARDY] Logitech mouse goes crazy
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Wednesday, 10 September, 2008, 7:12 PM
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 119194 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119194
>
> I have solved this bug on my system!! Solution: Do NOT use
> Firefox. Do
> not open Firefox.
>
> For the last two days I have only used Epiphany and my
> mouse has
> performed properly and flawlessly. On the first day I saw
> that Epiphany
> wasn't giving me any trouble so I opened up Firefox
> just to see what
> would happen. Bam, immediate problems. I did a reboot and
> haven't opened
> Firefox since. haven't had any problems.
>
> Plus, it seems to me that Epiphany is faster than Firefox
> and definately
> uses less resources.
>
> Bye bye Firefox......
>
> --
> [HARDY] Logitech mouse goes crazy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37929
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 119194).
>
> Status in “xorg” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Sometimes, my Logitech three button mouse goes crazy. While
> I keep moving the mouse, the pointer runs randomply through
> the screen, usually messing around the menu icons and
> opening programs I didn't ask to open.
>
> I'm using Breezy Badger (always updated via Synaptic)
> in a P4 Prescott, with 1GB of Ram.
>
> Reported also in hardy (and all the releases between them)
>
> pending dmesg output in order to determine if it's a
> kernel issue

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