In the days of sysv, Cntrl+Alt+Backspace to kill off X, but init would restart it. In debian you'd do this a dozen-ish times (probably closer to 6) and it would stay in the non-X cli/console. But that hotkey combo can be and likely is disabled by default. Restarting X isn't necessarily the same thing as rebooting. And kind of odd that your bad mouse behavior "evolves" some time after X has started. It might be simpler to try other distros and other WM/DE environments and see if your issue goes away. At least it would be a work around and better help identify how or what is the annoyance / break point.

It could also be the mouse, or the mouse port. This is now 17 posts, Muslimine. Try stuff

• Does Restarting X work?
• Does loggingout/logging in work?
• Does the mouse work right when you start X every time, or just sometimes?
• Have you tried a differnt mouse and a different usb port?

You need to get some diagnostic information to those trying to help you. Your move.

The fact that the OP says rebooting the system "temporary fixes it" suggests it's not a hardware problem after all, and it may well be the desktop environment/window manager or similar that's doing it - this is why I asked above if it happens after they login to whatever desktop environment or window manager the OP is using.

I suspect it's their desktop environment or window manager based on what they have said already, but I can't say that for sure yet. It would be helpful to let the OP come back with answers to the questions asked, rather than continuing to ask the same questions over and over again though.

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I apologize for the big delay in my return. I had a serious real life crisis come up that required I move in to support family for a while. I am now home. Given my situation I am going to nip this in the bud and just try a new distrobution. I don't have time to troubleshoot this at the moment and needing to reboot at random times is a hiccup I could really do without while working. There is no real need to continue this thread.

I would like to answer the remaining questions, so as to not to leave anyone's curosity hanging. I am sincerely sorry for my abrupt absense. I sincerely appreciate the kindhearted support and advice from so many generous and giving people. Thank you all.


No it does not. It appears to be happening at random times. I cannot narrow down a specific event that happens before the mouse zooms up. But when it first occurs is, so far, unpredictable.



This is currently the plan *fingers crossed*

1. I never figured out how to perform this. I've tried searching online for Ubuntu related support and tried the suggestions here. Either I am doing something wrong or the method to do this is really hard to pull off for Kubuntu.
2. No. I must reboot to reset the mouse speed back to normal.
3. It works normally every single time I start up. I have rebooted the system a vast number of times and never encountered the sped up behavior immediately.
4. I do not own a second mouse, nor did I buy one. I did try my mouse on three other USB ports (all a part of the motherboard) and encountered the same behavior each time.

Hii,

Where is this "REP" of the left of the post that you mentioned ?

I see a vertical white line at the left of each post. Left of that line is information about the post's author. At the bottom of that informational block are various icons. The Rep is above those icons.

HTH

Having the same squirrely behavior on different ports that started suddenly and follows the mouse would have me wondering about the mouse itself (hardware wise). You do not say how old the mouse is, although you said you used it on windows for over 5 years. Mice are hardware and hardware does wear out/break.

I would suggest you see if you could borrow or buy a different mouse and try it to see if the problem is internal to the OS or physically in the mouse. If a different mouse works then replace the mouse. If a different mouse has the same problem then look into the OS.