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09-08-2012, 05:27 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Location: kampala uganda
Posts: 1
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My mouse is bricking
My mouse is bricking if I try to move any page from one place to another it will take just open full screen now guys what can I do
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09-08-2012, 07:14 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2009
Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 1,058
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Please specify, what program are you using.
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09-08-2012, 10:14 AM
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Registered: Jan 2011
Location: New Mexico
Distribution: Xubuntu, Lubuntu
Posts: 35
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Wild guess: hold down the left Alt key when you try to move the window (no guarantees, but it just might work)
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09-08-2012, 08:54 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 5,485
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Bricking? Do you mean turning into a brick?
If you have another mouse, test with that. It's a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to determine whether the problem is hardware or not.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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09-08-2012, 09:37 PM
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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
Distribution: Crunchbang 11, LFS 7.3, DSL 4.1.10, Lubuntu 12.10, Debian 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frankbell
Bricking? Do you mean turning into a brick?
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Lol +1.
My old mouse began acting erratic and unpredictable recently... I solved it by buying a new mouse. |
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