A single mouse click is interpreted as two clicks

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

My XFCE installation of Fedora 24 was working properly, but now a
single mouse click is often interpreted as two clicks. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Tom Horsley]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:53:34 +0100
Paul Smith wrote:

>  My XFCE installation of Fedora 24 was working properly, but now a
>  single mouse click is often interpreted as two clicks. Any ideas? 
Mouse has developed a bouncy button? Try a different mouse for
a while if you can.

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> > My XFCE installation of Fedora 24 was working properly, but now a
> > single mouse click is often interpreted as two clicks. Any ideas?
>
>  Mouse has developed a bouncy button? Try a different mouse for
>  a while if you can. 
Thanks, Tom, for your suggestion. By replacing my mouse with a
different one, the reported problem disappears. Therefore, it is a
hardware problem -- my first mouse is faulty.

Paul

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 26 October 2016, Paul Smith sent:
>  Thanks, Tom, for your suggestion. By replacing my mouse with a
>  different one, the reported problem disappears. Therefore, it is a
>  hardware problem -- my first mouse is faulty.  
It's a common problem.  The buttons get a lot of clicking, and they're
directly soldered onto the printed circuit board.  So you have switch
wear-out, as well as soldering fractures to contend with.

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