Mouse is lagging

menteith · 2022-02-09 11:12:04

Hi,

For some time I've experiencing lagginess when moving the mouse across the screen. I even bought a new one since I had thought the previous one was faulty. After some googling I came across the term USB autosuspend, which may cause lagging.

So I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/50-usb_power_save.rules with the content:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="046d", ATTR{idProduct}=="c52b", ATTR{power/autosuspend}="-1"

and restarted the computer. After restarting I'm still expercing lagging.

When the cursor freezes, I move the mouse, click several times and usually the mouse is starting to work. In such a situation, dmesg shows:

[   34.295551] audit: type=1334 audit(1644394309.881:147): prog-id=0 op=UNLOAD
[   34.295564] audit: type=1334 audit(1644394309.881:148): prog-id=0 op=UNLOAD
[   34.295570] audit: type=1334 audit(1644394309.881:149): prog-id=0 op=UNLOAD
[   34.785589] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4094.0007: HID++ 4.5 device connected.

It seems that udev fails to work.

Here's the output of lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2537:1068 Norelsys NS1068/NS1068X SATA Bridge Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Note that I have two USB receivers: one for mouse, the other for keyboard. The keyboard works fine, however, a few months ago I also experienced problems with it, namely at some occasions it completely failed to work or the keys lagged. I used Debian back then. Now with Arch the keyboard is working properly.

The mouse is not faulty. I connected it to a different computer with Windows and it worked without any issues. I used the LTS kernel and the latest (non-lts). There is no difference as to the mouse lagginess.

Please help.

Last edited by menteith (2022-02-09 11:12:28)

seth · 2022-02-10 02:27:52

The disconnect isn't from the dongle - the mouse powers down when idle to save battery. The question is why this causes lags.
If you track "dmesg -w", does the logitech-hidpp-device register the connect immediately when you start moving the mouse?
If you rest the mouse, the press a button, the move it - does it respond immediately or is there still a lag?

menteith · 2022-02-10 10:45:46

Seth,

Many thanks for your help.

On LTS kernel many times when I started using the mouse, the the logitech-hidpp-device register entry was in dmesg. However, on non-LTS kernel it doesn't seem to occur every time.

One thing just happened. I started my computer and the mouse was almost completely non-responding. Restarting computer didn't change anything. But when I disconnected my SDD disk connected to a USB port the mouse is working flawlessly.
After disconnecting dmesg -w showed:

 [  212.312266] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 ,

Perhaps it is not the kernel itself. It may have always been always SDD disk connected to USB port. This is only a guess. I can test whether connecting the disk causes the mouse lagging.

Last edited by menteith (2022-02-10 10:46:48)

sebastian-65 · 2022-06-09 12:29:17

I'm experiencing the same issue. It began not so long ago.

- It happens to me no matter what is connected via USB (I use hub at home, no hub at work)
- I use another mouse (both A4tech wireless mouse of the same type) at work - both started having this issue at the same time (most likely a software issue)

@menteith Did you manage to solve it? The problem persists?

sebastian-65 · 2022-06-09 12:36:31

Thread 2040240 seems to be about the same thing.

menteith · 2022-06-10 18:50:34

It stopped, now everything is OK. I don't know what caused it or why everything is OK now.

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#1 2022-02-09 11:12:04

Mouse is lagging

#2 2022-02-10 02:27:52

Re: Mouse is lagging

#3 2022-02-10 10:45:46

Re: Mouse is lagging

#4 2022-06-09 12:29:17

Re: Mouse is lagging

#5 2022-06-09 12:36:31

Re: Mouse is lagging

#6 2022-06-10 18:50:34

Re: Mouse is lagging

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