Odd mouse driver behaviour
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Being that it is mother's day colliding with Diablo 4 server slam weekend, and needing to get my weekly Halo event done, I thought that I would sneak in a late night session of Halo. I fired up my late night (after midnight) session of Halo. Then, randomly, without any notice, I'm in the heat of battle with one or more players of the opposing team and my Task switch view (ALT-TAB) would pop up and stay on the screen, ending in me getting my butt handed to me, ie: killed. Restarting the game did nothing. Restarting the PC did nothing. Physically switching keyboards did nothing. Physically changing mice did nothing! Like, wtf! Randomly it kept happening. Not playing the game the issue did not happen, only when playing Halo! So after a long day coding at work, then dinner, and more coding on my own project, it is now after 3am, how do you diagnose? Both the keyboard and mouse are Logitech and wireless. Changing to other branded keyboard and mouse did not resolve it. It wasn't until I tried to use the Logitech app that I had an issue. Reinstalled the app & the problem was solved... partially corrupt or bugged driver. Hopefully, this experience will help someone...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
Call me old fashioned, I prefer Wired mouse and keyboard (with a PS2 connector if possible but will tolerate USB). I find wireless if a bit unreliable, mice mis-tracking, keyboard caps-lock being random. Wires got man to the moon!
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Call me old fashioned, I prefer Wired mouse and keyboard (with a PS2 connector if possible but will tolerate USB). I find wireless if a bit unreliable, mice mis-tracking, keyboard caps-lock being random. Wires got man to the moon!
I use to be but these days lag is non-existent. I have plenty of other cables on my desk for all the devices and accessories ... anything to declutter is a plus. FWIW, the non-logitech keyboard and mouse used were cabled. They are my backups. Still, they had the same issue!
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Call me old fashioned, I prefer Wired mouse and keyboard (with a PS2 connector if possible but will tolerate USB). I find wireless if a bit unreliable, mice mis-tracking, keyboard caps-lock being random. Wires got man to the moon!
glennPattonWork3 wrote:
Wires got man to the moon!
So that's why the Israelis, the Indians, and the Japanese moon landers crashed - they tried doing it by wireless. :-\
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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glennPattonWork3 wrote:
Wires got man to the moon!
So that's why the Israelis, the Indians, and the Japanese moon landers crashed - they tried doing it by wireless. :-\
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
I bet there was a driver that needed to updated:~
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I use to be but these days lag is non-existent. I have plenty of other cables on my desk for all the devices and accessories ... anything to declutter is a plus. FWIW, the non-logitech keyboard and mouse used were cabled. They are my backups. Still, they had the same issue!
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
Unless you deinstalled the wireless drivers, the wired hardware was collateral damage. Could it have been a stuck key state? I used to have that happen with remote desktops sometimes. Switching between normal video and DirectX might have similar opportunities.
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Unless you deinstalled the wireless drivers, the wired hardware was collateral damage. Could it have been a stuck key state? I used to have that happen with remote desktops sometimes. Switching between normal video and DirectX might have similar opportunities.
englebart wrote:
Could it have been a stuck key state?
I thought it was but cold booting pc and replacing hardware made no difference. Was just a software driver issue.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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I bet there was a driver that needed to updated:~
I don't know about the others, but the Israeli Bereshit lander crashed when the main rocket cut out prematurely. It was literally a bad driver. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I don't know about the others, but the Israeli Bereshit lander crashed when the main rocket cut out prematurely. It was literally a bad driver. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
CTRL + ALT + DEL into Task Mangler isn't gonna fix that!
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CTRL + ALT + DEL into Task Mangler isn't gonna fix that!
It'll buff out. :-D
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Being that it is mother's day colliding with Diablo 4 server slam weekend, and needing to get my weekly Halo event done, I thought that I would sneak in a late night session of Halo. I fired up my late night (after midnight) session of Halo. Then, randomly, without any notice, I'm in the heat of battle with one or more players of the opposing team and my Task switch view (ALT-TAB) would pop up and stay on the screen, ending in me getting my butt handed to me, ie: killed. Restarting the game did nothing. Restarting the PC did nothing. Physically switching keyboards did nothing. Physically changing mice did nothing! Like, wtf! Randomly it kept happening. Not playing the game the issue did not happen, only when playing Halo! So after a long day coding at work, then dinner, and more coding on my own project, it is now after 3am, how do you diagnose? Both the keyboard and mouse are Logitech and wireless. Changing to other branded keyboard and mouse did not resolve it. It wasn't until I tried to use the Logitech app that I had an issue. Reinstalled the app & the problem was solved... partially corrupt or bugged driver. Hopefully, this experience will help someone...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
