I have some problems and questions regarding the USB Overdrive extension.
I have only one mouse that seems to work nearly flawlessly with Overdrive. It is a Dynex. I've tried several other mice and had very mixed results. Usually, when testing them, I would start up the computer with the mouse to be tested, and once the mouse cursor was up and running on the OS loading screen, the cursor would track fine. I could move it all around and everything. As soon as the desktop fully loaded, the cursor would suddenly stop responding to tracking, but the buttons would still respond. Often, the arrow cursor would immediately disappear off screen, but I could hit the right-click button and bring up the contextual menu.
The one mouse that works (Dynex) I can always move the cursor around, and using it with the mouse being tested at the same time with both of them connected, usually the buttons on the other mice still work, but if I nudge the test device enough to trigger the tracking, the cursor always flies off to the right of the screen. So I can maneuver the cursor with the working mouse, and use the buttons on the second mouse fine at the same time, but the problem devices rarely work on their own. I have tested them with the working mouse disabled from startup. System responds to both of them, but only one functions correctly. I think I have tried up to 3 other mice.
To make matters weirder, one time just recently I started up with a mouse that I had previously tested that didn't seem to work, and actually got the cursor to retain its control after the desktop loaded. How? I have no clue!
Previously trying this particular mouse, as best as I recall, it behaved like the others before with the cursor going off screen. But this time, although the cursor would track with the mouse finally, the right click button no longer worked.
So my question is basically, why can I only get one mouse to work right everytime, and the others are not? Am I doing something wrong? Are only certain mice compatible? Is there a conflicting extension? Are all of them cursed???
So if anyone has had compatibility issues or knows a solution, feel free to chime in!
My main reason for concern is that the one mouse that works I think is getting old because the right click/context menu button I sometimes have to click twice or even three times to bring up the menu, and I have had other old mice gradually lose their responsiveness. And not being able to get other mice to behave properly is kinda silly. I don't get why this is happening.
Thank you!
BTW QS 933 with 9.2.2 in case you're wondering