One dimensional mouse

[skyPhyr]

Hi All,

This would have to be the most bizarre error I've ever hit. Updated world a couple of times in the past few weeks and just rebooted after it yesterday.

Computer comes back up and now the mouse only moves in Y (up and down).

I've switched the mouse and tried an autogenerated xorg.conf (X -configure) neither made a difference.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Cheers,

Alan.

[psycho_seba]

Try to check if the mouse hardware is working correctly. Boot another OS (a live CD, for example) and see if the mouse works. Or borrow another mouse and see if you have the same problem.

[skyPhyr]

hi psycho_seba,

Already tried using another mouse. No luck.

EDIT: It was a wireless mouse and I tried another wireless mouse on the same receiver - d'oh. Seems the receiver is broken.

Cheers,

Alan.

[skyPhyr]

Ok - it gets weirder. It's not the receiver that's broken.

Same receiver on another computer works fine. Another receiver on the same model of computer as this doesn't.

It's a logitech set, but I can't find something that seems like a model number of the receiver.

Anyone had the same issue?

Cheers,

Alan.

[wyvern5]

I used to have intermittent issues similar to this when I was in college. When I moved away, the issues went away too, so try moving the receiver away from sources of interference.

[Lithium07]

this could be the problem that is also described here https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-621737.html
Perhaps hal with evdev as driver doesnt recognize the axis correctly

[skyPhyr]

Hi Lithium andd wyvern,

Sorry for the delay. Finally got to take another look. It is indeed the HAL issue Lithium suggested.

Thanks for the fix.

Cheers,

Alan.