OS 10.4.11 on iBook G4 mouse selection problem

I have a rebuilt iBook G4 (after hard disc crash) which I have 'wound back' at least 5 years to encourage compatibilities. (At the moment I can't afford to upgrade.) So I'm sticking with Panther (10.4.11), Firefox 3.0.19, Eudora 6.2.4, iTunes 6, Office 2004. It's fine except for a persistent problem with mouse key input freezes. Mouse tracking is fine, keyboard input continues, but mouse input to all applications and OS becomes impossible and there is no way out but to restart.
I've tried changing back to an old ball-mouse (it's not the mouse drivers), switching off Firefox plugins (don't think it's them), Alt-Command-Esc force quitting Firefox and then other applications. I've searched the back pages of the net for insights (lots of memory problems with Panther causing mouse failure, but not this particular problem.
Any memories ?
Iain

Hello Iain,
Open Console in Applications>Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons
TenFourFox is the most up to date browser for our PPCs, they even have G4 & G5 optimized versions, but the newest version doesn't support any plugins at all, so look for an older one...
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
SeaMonkey seems pretty fast also, with many options...
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
PS. Panther is 10.3.x, 10.4.x is Tiger.

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