Intermittant wireless trackball issues

[Monkeyman]

No idea where this should go.

I've used a wireless Logitech M570 trackball for the past few years (since they came out).  Never a problem running either Windows or Linux Lite until now.  About 2 weeks ago, the trackball started getting wonky.  It acted like the battery was low.  Movement was jerky and sometimes I had to hold the trackball at an odd angle to get it to work.  I replaced the battery a few times with no joy.  I finally figured the trackball might just be wearing out so I bought a new one (same model).  Fresh out of the box and I'm having the same issues.  It's not all the time.  Maybe 60% of the time, off and on.  I'm literally 2' from the computer (and thus, the dongle).

Does this sound like a software issue (with LL) or a hardware issue (with the mobo)?  Or something else?  I don't have a wired trackball to compare to.

[rokytnji]

grep dmesg | (name of ball mousey) might mention something in terminal.

I keep my ball mouses in the drawer as a last resort if I run out of a laser mouse.
My Dell server on a table with wheels with linux lite uses a laser wireless mouse.
Distance in only good a few inches though.  Nothing to brag about as it is a older unit.

[shengchieh]

Try once using the trackball on a different computer. 

Try once using a liveCD/liveUSB/liveDVD of LL w/ the trackball.

Sheng-Chieh