Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1.4) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: gcc 2.95.3 OS: Linux I have an annoying problem that pops up every now and then, and I really don't know for sure where to locate it. The problem is that while moving the mouse and clicking buttons work fine, the combination does not. That means: I can't drag. That means: no selecting text, no moving scrollbars, problems moving files, etc. etc. The problem also affects the mousebutton. One click is generated, but when the mouse stays down, nothing more happens. That is most appearant on scrollbars, where you can use the up and down buttons to move the scrollbar. Normally, you can hold the mouse down, but this does not work anymore. The main problem is that this is not well reproducable. It sometimes happens, then it goes away again. It may have something to do with the fact that I'm on a laptop that I suspend at the end of the day, so I don't need to reboot. Sometimes it helps to log off and on again, sometimes it does not.
I suggest first checking that your mouse or whatever it is doesn't just require some cleaning.
Subject: Re: dragging (mouse down + moving mouse) sometimes does not work On Tuesday 02 December 2003 14:46, you wrote: > ------- Additional Comments From l.lunak@kde.org 2003-12-02 14:46 ------- > I suggest first checking that your mouse or whatever it is doesn't just > require some cleaning. Duh. I'm sorry, this is a serious bugreport, and a dirty mouse is REALLY isn't the case. I have tried both my optical mouse and the little joystick on the laptop, and both have the same effect: moving works nice, clicking works nice, dragging does not. Did you even read the bugreport? Andr
Of course I did - it looks just like those other bugreports where the problem was a broken mouse. - Is this problem specific to KDE/Qt applications? Do e.g. Gtk+ one work? - When it happens next time, run 'xev' and log its output, drag inside the window, and attach the output to this bugreport.
Subject: Re: dragging (mouse down + moving mouse) sometimes does not work On Tuesday 02 December 2003 15:00, you wrote: > Of course I did - it looks just like those other bugreports where the > problem was a broken mouse. Even when I told about non-repeating mouseevents and signing in again? OK... I'm not sure where to look for it, I am guessing it's either the windowmanager or X11 itself, but I'm no expert in this field. >- Is this problem specific to KDE/Qt > applications? Do e.g. Gtk+ one work? I'm not sure. I don't have Gtk applications installed, because of the limited space on my laptop and the fact that I don't use Gtk+ applications. However, I _think_ the problem also occurred in OpenOffice. I will check next time it happens. > - When it happens next time, run 'xev' > and log its output, drag inside the window, and attach the output to this > bugreport. OK, will do. Andr
Created attachment 3537 [details] xev output of dragging inside the window The problem has popped up again. As suggested, I have started up xev to generate some data. I have been dragging around in the window xev created.
According to the xev output, you have moved the mouse in the window, without having any button pressed (the MotionNotify events), then you have clicked left button (ButtonPress and ButtonRelease), and then you have again moved the mouse. Which means that from xev's point of you, you haven't been dragging, and you haven't even pressed the mouse button before moving the mouse. Which means this is very likely XFree's or the mouse's fault, not KDE's, although there's a small chance something is filtering out those events. Would it be possible to run e.g. WindowMaker or whatever for a while, without any KDE application, so that it can be checked whether this problem appears without using KDE?
Subject: Re: dragging (mouse down + moving mouse) sometimes does not work On Wednesday 03 December 2003 12:01, you wrote: Well, then xev and I disagree :-) I agree with your diagnosis. I will be hard to only run windowmaker for awhile. It can take hours before the problem pops up again, and I need to get some work done (with KDE applications). I will try to do that some other time... (not looking forward to missing my beloved KDE).
Waiting for a response.
OK, finally I seem to have found what triggers it, though I don't understand the relation between the two. I have a problem with my laptop that whenever I come out of suspend, my time has leapt one hour ahead. So, I select Adjust Date and Time from the clock applet, enter my root password and set the time back. The moment I click OK, scrolling now longer works. However, sometimes (I haven't figured out yet when exactly), it starts to work again spontaniously after some time. I'll look and see if it is after the hour has gone by.
Some more testing confirms the time-related issue: First, I noticed that dragging worked again. More than an hour had passed. So, I set back my clock two minutes. After OK, dragging didn't work anymore, but after two minutes, it came back, and dragging worked again.
Could you please have a look at comment #2 in bug #56989?
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 16:58, you wrote: > Could you please have a look at comment #2 in bug #56989? Did so: the resulting number is: 0:2688337177 The machine is an IBM Thinkpad 600E, xf86version returns XFree86-4.x André
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 90795 ***