Mouse issue [SOLVED]
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Mouse issue [SOLVED]
Hey guys, I'm using 18.3 'Sylvia' KDE-64 bit on a Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Series laptop. My mouse works fine for single and double-clicking things, but I am unable to highlight anything. If I bring up any kind of text editor and try to select anything by holding the mouse button down and moving it, nothing is highlighted (or maybe just a couple characters). Has anyone else experienced something like this? Holding the mouse button down to try and move a window on my desktop also doesn't work, it's as if I'm not holding it down at all.
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catweazel
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Re: Mouse issue
Have you verified that the mouse is working correctly, by,, say using a different mouse or plugging the errant mouse into a different machine?
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: Mouse issue
Sigh... working with computers you'd think I would have checked that first. Troubleshooting 101, make sure the peripheral you are trying to use is not broken!
I simply assumed since the mouse worked just fine before I got this laptop that it still worked. I went out and got a new mouse and it works just fine. Thanks catweazel!
I simply assumed since the mouse worked just fine before I got this laptop that it still worked. I went out and got a new mouse and it works just fine. Thanks catweazel!