Mouse & /trackball failure

At least four times in the past several days, my trackball and keyboard suddenly stop working with no warning; no input to the computer at all. This has never been a problem before. Re-boot fixes the problem, but then it happens again at a later time. AAArrrrgggghhhhh. Anyone encounter this before?

Maybe you pressed Option five times, thus turning on Mouse Keys. You can disable that in the Mouse tab of Universal Access system preference.

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Mighty Mouse Trackball won't track

I have a Mighty Mouse whose trackball all of a sudden won’t track ”UP“… down YES but UP No!
This Mouse worked just fine for about 6 months, then no UP.
How Come???
Model Number: A1152
P/N: KY556018MVU3MC
Is there any way of cleaning them inside without doing any damage? How do you get them open?

Re: Mighty Mouse Trackball won’t track… Now it does!!!!! and just fine.
What I did was to get some ”Electrical Contact Cleaner“ and spray some directly inside the mouse by spraying past the little mouse ball on top. Upside down, right side up, tilting in all directions and turning the ball back and forth vigorously. Well low and behold it started to move the pointer in both directions. Slowly at first then with more and more responsiveness the pointer came back to life. Then it quit for awhile! This I have determined to be caused by excess cleaner making the rollers a little slippery. But in 5 minutes the excess fluid had evaporated and the mouse now works perfectly! End of story except to quote the ”Electrical Contact Cleaner“ label. It reads as follows…,Removes oil & other films from electrical contacts, connectors & switches. Leaves no residue. Safe on most plastics. End of quote.
So there you have it. Thanks to all who responded and I hope this helps the rest of you who are having trouble with your mouse balls.
TTFN
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Mouse trackball issue

I'm having trouble with the trackball on my mighty mouse. It will scroll any direction except or up, which it will only scroll a little. I tried using a rag with water to clean it but nothing is working.

Open System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Mouse and make sure your Tracking and Scrolling bars are set correctly.
How to Clean a Mighty Mouse
Carolyn
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Satellite M30-304 USB mouse sporadic failure

Have the above laptop running XP. After 2 years running a laser mouse via USB with no probs, suddenly the pointer stops for a few seconds, then picks up again, stops, starts etc. Thoroughly infuriating. There is an error message every so often saying the device attached to the USB may not be installed correctly.
I uninstall the mouse software and re-install it, run all my anti-virus and tracker software, still the same problem. as the trackpad still works okay, I decide it must be the mouse and buy a brand new one and install it. It has worked fine for a few weeks now, then today, the same problem!!
Anyone out there had the same problem or know a solution?...

Hi
I use not a Satellite M30 but a Satellite M40.
I use it since one year and I have no problems with my mouse.
I can't believe that the notebook has a malfunction because as you said in your posting new mouse has worked at the beginning.
I have no idea why your mouse pointer stops. Maybe the mouse driver causes a strange failure.
You can also try to remove the USB ports form the device manager.
After new reboot the OS should recognize the USB ports again with standard settings.
Then you can try to connect the mouse again.
You can also try to use the mouse without installing the delivered mouse manufacture drivers. Check it

Kensington expert mouse Trackball

I have used these things, back when they were called Turbo Mouse, for years. I have one on this Macbook Pro, and one on my old G5.
Several years ago Kensington really dumbed down the driver software for the Trackball. I was told by their suppor that they were going to revamp it so that it worked as before.
I just left their website and saw that the Trackball Works software is no longer available for Macintosh, and in the reviews I saw a comment that said that it no longer worked except for the newest Macs.
So does that mean that Apple has developed something to run this 4 button, highly (in the old days) programmable device?
Thank you
DN

What OSX are we speaking of?
One way to tell is to plug it into that Mac, open Mouse prefs & see how many buttons show & choices.
USB Overdrive might be an option also if they still make it.

Kensington Expert Mouse (Trackball) Button Configuration

I'm trying to set up my trackball mouse. Most of the buttons etc. work out of the box, but I need to make a couple of tweaks.
I've spent ages trawling the net and the arch wiki and I simply can't get my head around this. Especially with the new xorg changes and most of the docs now being out of date.
The mouse has 4 buttons + a scroll wheel. I've managed to map them using xev:
Bottom Left Button: 1
Top Left Button: 2
Bottom Right Button: 3
Top Right Button: 8
Scroll up: 4
Scroll down: 5
At the moment 1 is a left click and 3 is a right click. Button 8 seems to be "back" and button 2 seems to be middle click. The scroll wheel works as expected.
What I want is for button 2 to be a double left click and button 8 to be a right click. Can anyone help me figure this out?

I've figured out how to do the double click thing :-) Here it is for anyone else interested:
1) Run xev and move your mouse pointer into the white square. Now click the button you wish to map to a double click.
2) Make a mental note of which button number xev reveals that mouse button to be - in my case, the top left button is button 8
3) install xbindkeys and xautomation - the latter can be found in AUR
4) run:
xbindkeys --defaults > /home/your-user-name/.xbindkeysrc
replacing "your-user-name" with (obviously) your user name
5) add the following at the bottom, replacing Y withthe number you made a note of in step 2
"/usr/bin/xte 'mouseclick 1' 'mouseclick 1' &"
b:Y + Release
and save
6) run
xbindkeys -n -v
to check if there are any errors in your config file
7) If that has all worked then you need to configure xbindkeys to run at X startup - the method will vary depending on you DE/WM - I use fluxbox and so simply added
xbindkeys &
to my ~/.fluxbox/startup file
Hope that helps!

Magic Mouse-trackball-like capabilities?

Can the Magic Mouse be used in a similar fashion as a trackball mouse? I need a wireless mouse but don't have a lot of room, or proper surface, to move a mouse on and therefore need something like the Kensington Slimblade or Magic Mouse (IF IT CAN DO TRACKBALL FUNCTIONS).
Thanks

think of it more as a touchpad...

Not your usual trackball failure - 8100

Now I've heard from many people that their trackball wasn't scrolling properly anymore after a while. Usually the reason was dust collected somewhere underneath the trackball.
Since Saturday I am experiencing something I haven't been able to find anywhere online so far:
- My trackball works perfectly fine for scrolling, but the "selection" function, i.e. pressing the trackball down, does not work anymore.
- Furthermore, all functions that involve pressing two keys at the same time, e.g. Alt+Enter to change the language when writing an email, don't work anymore. Likewise, I cannot hold shift and type a series of capital letters, but have to press shift and let go before typing each letter and then press again for the next letter instead.
I've tried taking out the battery to restart the device, I've also wiped the device (options, security, advanced options, menue, wipe device). That has reset my device basically to virginity, but the problem still remains.
Any ideas what might be wrong here? I am thinking that it shouldn't be a hardware error, since all the keys (except for the trackball) are working perfectly fine individually.
Is this just some weird setting I accidentally changed and can't find again now, or what could it be?
Thanks for your help!
Lars

It sounds like a software fault. Even more so if nothing is behind the trackball to cause it getting stuck.
You need to download the latest version for your device from the carrier the phone was sold with.
Save the folder to your desktop, double click it to install it your computer. (can take 40 mins to download)
Then you connect up the blackberry and using the program called application loader,(which is built into the desktop manager program that came on the cd) push the new software to the device. Ensure when you see an 'advanced' box, you click into it, to check both check boxes to remove all current installed software.
Here is a list of software carrier sites:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/do ... _sites.jsp
And Also
Use BlackBerry Application Loader to install BlackBerry Device Software
Good Luck and let us know how you go..
9/10 times this is a software fault.
If your issue is resolved, put a checkmark in the green box that contains the resolution.
OR
If it was just/or also really helpful - Give it a Kudos.. Go on Mate.. Help the rest of the clueless blackberry user world find their answer too..
~Gday from Down Under~

Mighty Mouse scroll failure

I'll put it in here under MacBook, 'cos I use one, but it's really a Mighty Mouse question – but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to put it...
The scroll 'nubbin'(?) on my corded Mighty Mouse has stopped scrolling down. It will scroll left, right and up, but not down.
I've unplugged and replugged the USB, restarted twice but it refuses to scroll in one of it's four axis.
Is there any troubleshooting I can do before I take my MacBook and mouse to a friends house and try a process of elimination?
MacBook, white Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Well after using these fixes several times after a while the scroll stopped working (only in the down direction again) completely.
Eventually I resorted to opening the mouse (very fiddly - don't try this at home unless you're willing to buy a new mouse!)
Lo and behold, the tiny rollers encasing the scroll ball were gunged up with that gunk you always had to clean off your mouse rollers back in the day.
Putting the mouse back together is very tough as you have to re-thread the printed circuit ribbon. I also found it was impossible to get the side buttons back in properly so I broke them off - I'd rather have a working scroll wheel and no side buttons.
So there we are.
In conclusion:
I regard this mouse as a flawed design - the price you pay for being version 1.0 I suppose. Mouse balls and roller GET CLOGGED UP, this has been recognised for years and have been designed to be user servicable, the fact is this one hasn't been designed very well.
And furthermore, the whole optical mouse idea is inspired by this problem with traditional mice - so to fit Olde Mouse tech to the top side of an optical mouse seems ridiculous.
Ho hum.
MacBook, white Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Mouse/keyboard failure kt4 ultra

I had recently purchased a new motherboard msi kt4 ultra. Since i have windows 2000, the guy who sold it to me at the shop told me i needed to do a repair on it before i fully booted to windows 2000. So, I installed everything, then popped in the windows 2000 prof. disk, and changed the bios to have the cd boot first. all is good, so then windows startup asks me for an emergency repair disk in order to run the repair option that i needed. Since my current computer couldn't get to windows to create an emergency repair disk, i made one on my other computer that had windows 2000. So then i popped that in, and it completed the repair. I restarted, and went into windows 2000, but found that neither my mouse or keyboard worked. I tried unplugging them, switching them, everything imaginable, but it still didn't work. I tried restarting my system, going into different boot modes for windows 2000, but nothing works! I even tried doing another repair. Both the mouse and keyboard are functional and not broken. Especially the keyboard, considering i can use it until i hit the windows startup screen, then it freezes and becomes unfunctional. I have another hard drive, and was considering installing windows 2000 on that, so that i have 2 hdd that have win2k prof. on them, then try to see if the mouse and keyboard will work when i boot up with that hdd. but i wasn't sure.
If any one could help me with this dilemma, then i would greatly appreciate it. thank you.

In response to maesus, would installing windows over the current one i have delete all of the information that's on that current hdd? if so, then since i have another hdd, couldn't i install win2k on that and have that hdd boot up? i really can't afford to lose data, and yes, my keyboard works in the bios screen, but not windows.
And maesus, when you say that the cd is capable of doing repairs without the disk, just how does it do that? was is that installing over the current win2k how it does it?

NB300-108 power supply, keyboard & mouse pad failure

I have have a NB300 -108 which is 4 weeks old. This morning I plugged in the power cable in order to charge up the notebook, the battery light failed to turn blue and the mouse pad and keyboard are both not working. Am at a complete loss. There is no online support for this model (that I can find)... grateful for any suggestions/ advice. Thanks

Going through the exact same issue started about 1.5 weeks ago thinking about giving up and buying a Mac mini for access and snow leopard.

Airplay tab is missing

with apple product everything is always easy, right?
dear all, then i really need help and i am sure you are able to solve the issue.
here is the challenge to solve:
network is right installed on appletv and computers, firmware update on all machines is done - all is on and reset - tv also is on and connected.
the airplay icon apears in itunes it self and i can play music via appletv on the large screen as it is supposed to do.
same works with the iphone - here i even can browse the pictures.
so far so good!
but there is no airplay tab in "displays" nor in the "menu bar" showing on my macs (details below).
i also would like to use the appletv for keynotes - pictures - documents....
but the airplay tab wouldnt appear - as often as i tried and checked.
shame on me if there is a simple solution - hundred stars for the one who can solve it.
i am checking dozens of comunities etc and hours already today to get a hint to solve that - nothing offers a solution within my ablilities to solve the issue.
appletv 3rdgen sn
CO7JWOLMDRHN
imac with sn
C02HM0HBDHJW osx 10.7.5 build 11G63
same problem with the macbookpro sn
C02HK1F7DV11 osx 10.7.5 build 11G63
we run a apple mini server system on the same network.
we run it in beijing - china.
the game is on
thanks
arnd

this helped my question - fast!
i just would have loved the answer when asked if i can use the appletv system with my setup at the apple flagship store in beijing - here i just got the answer :"sure. easy." and of course understandably for government reasons that is a fact in china: "but we cant sell it in the shop due to licensing issues here in our shop".
they know very well our purchases as i am unfortunately more often than necessary there with lots off harddisc failures (3 out of 12 within ~2 years), screen issues (faulty screen pixels right from the first day at the first imac24.5" we bought - did not even get a replacement one but needed to wait 3 weeks for repair , dust stains) mouse trackball failures and others.
i see - now i need to either update my imac and macbook pro with mountain lion, or leave it. but what is even worse, only a minor group of our clients will be able to use the wireless converence system because they rarely have the latest mountain lion as well, and for them we installed the machine.
but to be fair - its my problem not to have gone through all tems on the webpage but trasted the genius at the service counter. what a world. shame on me.
by the way if you are interested:
do you have any idea what this pixel graphic issue could be on my mac book pro. it occures frequent, randomly after sleep periods and can not be forced to appear for demo issues. the screen first is black- nothing at all if i move the mouse pixels get visible as if i used a sponge to clean a dusty table. sometimes a complete square changes as well. once i cleaned long enough i find the insert window for the password and here we go as if nothing happened.
the issue appeared after the harddisk of my second last macbook pro broke just a couple of month old (4 or so) in jan 2012 (again get only a repair not completely replacement (took waiting time of 2 weeks and all the hussle to set up the temporary replacement on and later back - all our mac purchases are bought with extended apple care warranties btw).
when i finally got again problems with the harddisk and wifi connection the flagship store replaced the macbook in december 2012. brand new - mirrord system but after a couple of sleep modes the pixelgraphic appeared again.
no one at apple can help me - even the guys in brussels who were verysupportive could not give an answer. at that very same day though on the counter a client next to me came and had just the same problem.
i dont know what it is and what its caused from - but i had a couple of very unpleasant comments when some clients saw the problem at a presentation.
cheers
arnd

Audition and trackball mouse

Hi all. Are any of you using trackball with Audition? I used Logitech Marble for more than 10 years. Then year ago I switched to Logitech TrackMan Trackball because I needed scroll wheel. But I still want to explore other trackballs. So, are any of you using Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 Mouse, Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball or Kensington Orbit Trackball and can recommend for the use with Audition? Thanks.

Unfortunately the present version of Audition does not have any MIDI command support. With that it would be relatively easy with something like the Behringer Foot Controller FCB1010. Since it doesn't the only devices you can use for external control must use the Mackie or Eucon control protocol.
However it might be possible to modify a lost cost USB keyboard with the addition of foot switches to send keyboard commands to Audition to control the transport buttons.
Edit. Something like this might do the job:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/usb-foot-controller

[SOLVED] Logitech Marble Mouse: can't enable custom mapping

I followed the wiki page:
Logitech_Marble_Mouse
My mouse works, but I can't get custom mappings to work.
Here's my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf,
to me it looks like it does ignore the Marble settings.
What am I missing?
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "latam"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Marble Mouse"
MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
# Physical button #s: A b D - - - - B C b = A & D simultaneously; - = no button
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 2" # For right-hand placement
# Option "ButtonMapping" "3 8 1 4 5 6 7 2 2" # For left-hand placement
# EmulateWheel refers to emulating a mouse wheel using Marble Mouse trackball.
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
# Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8" # Factory default; use "9" for left-side placement.
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "8"
# EmulateWheelInertia specifies how far (in pixels) the pointer must move to
# generate button press/release events in wheel emulation mode.
Option "EmulateWheelInertia" "10" # Factory default: 50
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" # Disable this for vertical-only scrolling.
# Emulate3Buttons refers to the act of pressing buttons A and D
# simultaneously to emulate a middle-click or wheel click.
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" # Factory default.
EndSection
Last edited by phonky (2014-04-29 17:05:21)

Found the solution:
I had to comment out the MatchProduct line;
I assume the wiki page had been done with a different product.

Mouse track ball broken

My brand new Mighty Mouse trackball has stopped working. It no longer scrolls down. It still scrolls up and sideways. When you scroll it down it doesn't make that little clicking sound that it usually makes and still makes when you scroll the other three directions. Is there a way I can fix this?

*Hi warpdesign, Welcome (Back)* to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
The scroll wheel needs cleaning. Lint free cloth dampened w water or alcohol. Unplug and turn over and scroll vigorously for a while. Some like to blow out w canned air.
If that doesn't work, Apple is pretty good about replacement.
Good Luck, JP

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