Re: [Gimp-user] Recurring mouse problem in GIMP 2.8.22

[Techno <techno6 glib com>]

On 2021-07-15 22:44, Cliff Pratt via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Although you say this only happens in GIMP, I would expect to have seen
> many more complaints in the community if it was a GIMP (only) problem. I
> would not give up on looking outside GIMP for the issue. It may be a
> conflict between GIMP and some other software, running at the same time as
> GIMP. eg Assistive technology software. Can you try with everything else
> stopped?

Thanks for that suggestion. I did that, and with nothing else loaded 
GIMP worked okay with the mouse, which it has done before. So I began 
loading up applications one at a time. It worked okay with one 
application after another loaded, and then I loaded up WordPerfect X5, 
which I have to use constantly. Bang! the mouse problem manifested itself.

To some slight degree I can probably leave WordPerfect X5 off for a 
while as I work in GIMP, but I need to work with both at once a lot of 
the time.

Now I'll note that GIMP 2.8 and WordPerfect X5 had been working together 
just fine for years. I have been suspecting all along that some Windows 
10 "update" had caused the problem. I think that I might have put 
WordPerfect X5 into some compatibility mode at some point after I'd had 
some crashes of that software, again after years of no problems. I am 
wondering it I should risk crashes by undoing compatibility mode for 
WordPerfect X5, if that's even possible, or if I should try some sort of 
compatibility fix for GIMP.

Again, thanks.

> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 10:44 AM Techno <techno6 glib com> wrote:
>
> > On 2021-06-05 12:47, Marco Ciampa via gimp-user-list wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 11:45:53AM -0400, Rick Strong wrote:
> > > > It sounds like a mouse problem, not a GIMP problem.
> > > >
> > > > -Make sure the mouse switch is on, -try changing your batteries, -clean
> > the
> > > > "eye" underneath if it is an optical mouse, -check your connection if
> > it is
> > > > not wireless, -check your dongle if it is wireless, -try a new mouse
> > pad or
> > > > another surface.
> > >
> > > Clearly it's not a mouse problem if it affects only GIMP and not the
> > > entire system. In that case I suggest you to reset (=delete) the user
> > > config data of GIMP here: https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/GIMPProfile/
> >
> > Okay, I've gone there, and I saw a lot of sub-directories, almost all of
> > them are empty. Some do have something in them: the patterns I've added,
> > the plug-in I've added and the tool-options.
> >
> > I've followed the directions given at the above link, restarted GIMP and
> > the mouse problem, which only happens with GIMP, is still there. It's
> > making use of the software very difficult. In most instances when I use
> > the mouse I end up highlighting the thing I want to do with the mouse
> > and then I hit the ENTER key and it happens. Unfortunately, some
> > operations just need the mouse to choose what you want to do.