This morning my Thinkpad had a fan error which resulted in pretty high temperatures until it shut down. When I rebooted it afterwards, all was fine until I'd started up an application; then the mouse froze. This turns out to be reproducible. It happens every time and with different applications.
I can use the laptop with an external mouse and I even found that the touchpad works, once I turned it on. I'm not used to mice and touchpads at all so I want my trackpoint back! Any pointers to where I should start my troubleshooting will be appreciated.
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What the fluff! I just found out that the trackpoint is not fully inoperational: it's not working otherwise, but it scrolls vertically and horizontally like nobody's business. Seems like there's a setting messed up somewhere, but where?
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Moem wrote: ⤴Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:03 am
...my Thinkpad had a fan error which resulted in pretty high temperatures until it shut down. When I rebooted it afterwards, all was fine until I'd started up an application; then the mouse froze.
Moem wrote: ⤴Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:14 am
Seems like there's a setting messed up somewhere, but where?
It's more than likely synchronicity. If it were my machine I'd be looking for a hardware failure first. Try a live session.
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Hardware could well be... it's now intermittently working as normal, and not-working-but-scrolling. I think I'll switch it off completely and give the keyboard a good clean. I have a feeling something is stuck under a key and triggering some kind of scrolling option in combination with leftclick.
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The trackpoint proceeded to fix itself over the course of the day, so it does seem like there was some crud stuck under a key. Because it's almost spring, and because I'm worth it (or maybe I've seen too many ads?) I gave it the full Moem's Certified Thinkpad Cleaning Procedure* today. That goes as follows:
Shut down laptop
Use compressed air to clean keyboard. Be persistent especially if you have cats.
Also spray the air gently into USB and ethernet ports and you'll see a nice puff of dust emerge.
Then spray the screen and keyboard SPARINGLY with a thin mist of glass cleaner. DO NOT SOAK. It may be a Thinkpad but it's still a computer.
Proceed to clean between the keys, and any other nooks and crannies, with cotton buds.
Then clean the screen with a soft dry cloth, and finally wipe your greasy mitts off the keyboard with that same cloth. Like new!
* Guaranteed to be free of BleachBit.
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