[PLUG] Jerky Mouse

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 02:53:55 UTC 2018


One solution might be to install synergy, and use one mouse for both.  You
can set it up so if you drag the mouse off the right of the laptop screen,
and have it go onto the desktop screen.  https://symless.com/synergy

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:21 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> If anyone really wants to dig into the causes of RF interference, here is a
> fun read
>
> https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.pdf
>
> The description of a "jerky mouse" is actually very common in technical
> support. What the user perceives as intermittent drop outs are typically
> the result of reduced range.
>
> Without testing I can't say that this is the problem John is having but ...
>
> It is *extremely* common. What happens is that a USB3 capable device (any
> device) will introduce RF interference on the 2.4 and 2.5GHz bands. All
> USB3 ports, cables, and devices are buzzing with this noise, proportional
> to the amount of data being transferred over the connection.
>
> So a mouse with a range of 10ft will often drop to half of that, or less,
> when another USB device is in use. The "Jerky mouse" occurs when the
> mousepad is sitting on the edge of this range. Move too far to the right...
> disappears. Move to the left, it speeds up. as you wiggle your hand trying
> to make it move, the mouse repeatedly disappears and re-appears to its
> wireless controller.
>
> You don't need to build a faraday cage because Intel already did, and the
> results are (IMO) fascinating.
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 6:01 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, tim at wescottdesign.com wrote:
> >
> > > I know that this comment is the essence of thread drift, but you need
> to
> > > be careful with your titles. I've spent the evening being distracted of
> > > thoughts of a mouse built out of thin sheets of dried, smoked beef.
> >
> >    And I -- briefly -- considered asking how mouse jerky compares with
> > deer,
> > elk, or cow jerky. :-)
> >
> > Rich
> > _______________________________________________
> > PLUG mailing list
> > PLUG at pdxlinux.org
> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> >
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>



More information about the PLUG mailing list