[SOLVED] USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

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Esto

[SOLVED] USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by Esto »

Hey :)

I installed Linux Mint 11 (Katya) and everything works okay but my USB mouse moves on its own a little bit quite often.
I have been searching around for a while but i can't seem to find some solution for this.

Is there anyone who can help my?
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oobetimer

Re: USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by oobetimer »

Esto wrote:Hey :)

I installed Linux Mint 11 (Katya) and everything works okay but my USB mouse moves on its own a little bit quite often.
I have been searching around for a while but i can't seem to find some solution for this.

Is there anyone who can help my?
Mouse is seeking something to eat, but it is not dangerous .. :lol:

Proper chassis under a mouse helps .. :wink:
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Re: USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by remoulder »

Esto wrote:mouse moves on its own a little
Reduce the sensitivity in the Mouse settings, also as oobetimer implies, try putting the mouse on a different surface, plain and smooth is usually the best.
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Esto

Re: USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by Esto »

oobetimer wrote:Mouse is seeking something to eat, but it is not dangerous .. :lol:

Proper chassis under a mouse helps .. :wink:
:D

Hmm i got proper chassis under the mouse, at first the mouse moved a lot but then i search for new hardware and now it moves only a little bit.

But thanks for the reply :)
Esto

Re: USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by Esto »

remoulder wrote:
Esto wrote:mouse moves on its own a little
Reduce the sensitivity in the Mouse settings, also as oobetimer implies, try putting the mouse on a different surface, plain and smooth is usually the best.
Yeah. That did it. :D Thanks. :D
ormu

Re: [SOLVED] USB Mouse Moves On Its Own?

Post by ormu »

I noticed this problem today on LMDE + Xfce. I was reading some Wikipedia article in Firefox (v. 17.0) when the mouse suddenly started to move a few centimeters downwards. It happened a few times. I've never noticed this before and it apparently isn't a big problem but pretty weird anyway. :D
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