I got a new mouse
A wireless optical notebook mouse. Because on the laptop, the clitmouse is annoying, and the mouse with ball was also annoying, and it was only $30 so whatever.
Here is how the installation went:
plug dongle into laptop.
Be pleased to notice that it just works.
Be displeased to notice that it works, but it also thinks I am hammering the enter key and clicking constantly.
Try all of the troubleshooting in the manual (reconnect the dongle to the mouse)
no change
Ask waxor for help.
Manually edit the config file to have a protocol of auto instead of IMP/S2
no change
Manually edit the config file to have a protocol of "microsoft".
much much worse - now it doesn't work at all.
do some googling. Find a page with various people complaining of similar problems. They fixed it by replacing their kernels. OMG. Replacing their kernel? WTF?
Read Ubuntu's somewhat-hard-to-find, somewhat-hard-to-follow instructions on how to upgrade my kernel.
Follow instructions.
Wait for process to finish for a long time. After perhaps 5 minutes of no change, open up the "show details" bit, and realize that it has been silently waiting for input. provide input.
Notice that the process has aborted because it cannot unmount the PCMCIA system. because that is where the networking is.
Disconnect the networking. Finish the upgrading process.
The mouse works! Yay!
Here is how the installation went:
plug dongle into laptop.
Be pleased to notice that it just works.
Be displeased to notice that it works, but it also thinks I am hammering the enter key and clicking constantly.
Try all of the troubleshooting in the manual (reconnect the dongle to the mouse)
no change
Ask waxor for help.
Manually edit the config file to have a protocol of auto instead of IMP/S2
no change
Manually edit the config file to have a protocol of "microsoft".
much much worse - now it doesn't work at all.
do some googling. Find a page with various people complaining of similar problems. They fixed it by replacing their kernels. OMG. Replacing their kernel? WTF?
Read Ubuntu's somewhat-hard-to-find, somewhat-hard-to-follow instructions on how to upgrade my kernel.
Follow instructions.
Wait for process to finish for a long time. After perhaps 5 minutes of no change, open up the "show details" bit, and realize that it has been silently waiting for input. provide input.
Notice that the process has aborted because it cannot unmount the PCMCIA system. because that is where the networking is.
Disconnect the networking. Finish the upgrading process.
The mouse works! Yay!