I'm been using a Logitech M705 wireless mouse with my Fedora laptop for a long time. Recently it seems to have developed an unwanted "double- click" behavior when the left button is depressed. This is particularly objectionable when I'm trying to select a single e-mail in Evolution, or after selecting it, to delete it. If either action senses a double- click, that e-mail will pop up in its own window, or it and the next message will be deleted.
Is this something that I can tune out with Preferences > Hardware > Mouse in the MATE desktop? Or is there some other control?
--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 01:16:13PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
I'm been using a Logitech M705 wireless mouse with my Fedora laptop for a long time. Recently it seems to have developed an unwanted "double- click" behavior when the left button is depressed. This is particularly objectionable when I'm trying to select a single e-mail in Evolution, or after selecting it, to delete it. If either action senses a double- click, that e-mail will pop up in its own window, or it and the next message will be deleted.
Is this something that I can tune out with Preferences > Hardware > Mouse in the MATE desktop? Or is there some other control?
Doc:
Logitech mice have the reputation of doing that when the switch underneath the mouse button becomes worn. I doubt that it is possible to squirt a bit of contact cleaner into it, I suspect it's all sealed up.
In that case, the proper fix is probably a new mouse. Sorry!
Fred
On 08.03.20 19:41, Fred Smith wrote:
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 01:16:13PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
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Logitech mice have the reputation of doing that when the switch underneath the mouse button becomes worn. I doubt that it is possible to squirt a bit of contact cleaner into it, I suspect it's all sealed up.
In that case, the proper fix is probably a new mouse. Sorry!
maybe this could help:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Double+click+logitech
On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 01:02 +0100, sixpack13 wrote:
On 08.03.20 19:41, Fred Smith wrote:
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 01:16:13PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
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Logitech mice have the reputation of doing that when the switch underneath the mouse button becomes worn. I doubt that it is possible to squirt a bit of contact cleaner into it, I suspect it's all sealed up.
In that case, the proper fix is probably a new mouse. Sorry!
maybe this could help:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Double+click+logitech
-- sixpack13
Thank you sir. This must be the cause of my problem.
As it happens, I have another Logitech wireless mouse and when I replace the M705 with an M510 everything works perfectly.
This resurrected an old question in my mind, and that's "Why doesn't the Logitech USB receiver dongle for one mouse or keyboard+mouse desktop set work with any other?"
As it turns out, there are two distinct generations of that dongle. The first generation devices are pretty much locked to the mice or desktops they came with. There are second generation devices that can be paired with multiple mice and desktop sets:
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Unifying-Receiver-Wireless-Keyboard/dp/B00LQ...
From what I've found so far, the pairing software is available only for Windows. Oh well. I do keep a Windows box that I use only for TurboTax and printing envelopes with Microsoft Word (LibreOffice Writer has never quite mastered that little feat for me).
--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:16:56 -0500 "Robert G (Doc) Savage via users" users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
As it turns out, there are two distinct generations of that dongle. The first generation devices are pretty much locked to the mice or desktops they came with. There are second generation devices that can be paired with multiple mice and desktop sets:
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Unifying-Receiver-Wireless-Keyboard/dp/B00LQ...
From what I've found so far, the pairing software is available only for Windows. Oh well. I do keep a Windows box that I use only for TurboTax
https://www.google.com/search?q=logitech+linux+pair&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-... I'm using solaar.
BR, B.Marčan
On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 11:44 +0100, Bob Marcan wrote:
On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:16:56 -0500 "Robert G (Doc) Savage via users" users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
From what I've found so far, the pairing software is available only for Windows. Oh well. I do keep a Windows box that I use only for TurboTax
https://www.google.com/search?q=logitech+linux+pair&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-... I'm using solaar.
BR, B.Marčan
This works perfectly with F31. Thank you very much. My unused mouse & keyboard box is suddenly organized and useful again.
--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
On Sun, 2020-03-08 at 13:16 -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
I'm been using a Logitech M705 wireless mouse with my Fedora laptop for a long time. Recently it seems to have developed an unwanted "double-click" behavior when the left button is depressed.
Commonly, that means one of two things:
1. The switch is mechanically bouncing (though all switches bounce, and most input circuits have debouncing circuits to ignore that). As things age, the switch may bounce worse than the circuits handle. It's possible there may be debouncing software tweaks, but you're trying to work around a hardware fault of something that needs repairs or replacing. It's possible that squirting electrical contact cleaner into the switch *may* help (squirt then exercise the switch). Do not use RP7 or WD40 style sprays, they're corrosive, and will appear to work at first, but deteriorate into a vicious cycle of needing constant attention.
2. The soldering around the switch is cracking. If you can open up the mouse, you can resolder around the switch. This is a common fault for anything mechanical (switches, plugs and sockets) that are soldered directly to a circuit board. If this is the problem, and it's a favourite mouse that you want to keep, then soldering-in tiny flyleads from the switch pins to a less mechanically-stressed part of the circuit board will make a long-term repair.
Is this something that I can tune out with Preferences > Hardware > Mouse in the MATE desktop? Or is there some other control?
The double-click timeout in the mouse preferences is virtually the opposite of what you want (how *long* between double clicks before it stops considering them as double-clicks). If you were to try and adjust that beyond its normal range to handle your fault, you wouldn't be able to double-click any more.
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