Kernel 3.3.1-5 breaks mouse selecting.

Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl
Mon Apr 16 13:53:51 UTC 2012


Christopher Svanefalk:
> Can anyone else confirm problems with selecting text (etc) using the
> mouse after updating to the latest Kernel for F16? Whenever I try, it
> will "drop" my selection (and start over somewhere else) when I try to
> highlight something. It is extremely annoying since it makes
> copy-pasting nigh impossible using the mouse.
>
> No bug report filed yet, just wanted to see if anyone else had similar issues.
>
I understand your frustration but how did you manage to find out that
it's caused by Linux kernel? I had similar issue some time ago, and it
was mouse (device) failure.

Do you have any log messages that can proof your theory about kernel
being a victim?


Mateusz Marzantowicz


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