logitech mouse problem - fedora 12

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 10:51 -0500, Matt Smith wrote:
> I have a logitech wireless mouse.  I am running gnome (fedora-12).. I
> recently switched to Linux and everything has been fine.  out of
> nowhere i am now not able to drag windows, close them, expand, or
> minimize them once i open them.  seems like it is a mouse problem.
> the left button does nothing and i cant seem to grab and drag the
> window, whether i open the terminal or firefox i cannot do anything
> once i open it, its like once opening my left button just becomes
> disabled, to close i have to use alt+F4... any ideas?  (ps the button
> does work within the window itself, for example i can click on links
> within the web browser)

Stupid question: have you tried changing the battery?

poc