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mr_ed

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From: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 72

Mouse sometimes stops working

I was running Mozilla and XMMS under Gnome 2.6 (kernel 2.6.5), and all of a sudden, my MS Optical USB mouse (with PS/2 connector attached) stopped working.  The fancy lights underneath turned off and I couldn't move the pointer.

This is the second time it's happened to me over the course of several months.  The first time it happened, I just started up a game called OpenMortal, but this time I wasn't doing anything.
When I reboot, it doesn't come back on-line.  It's only when I cycle power to my system that it comes back up.

Any ideas out there?

Does anyone know any commands that I could have used to bring it back up?

TIA.

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: Mouse sometimes stops working

If PS/2 is compiled as a module, you can try rmmod the module, then insmod it again. I don't remember the module name though.

Got that hotplug PS/2 trick from a kernel hacker, but he said it only works reliably for people who's first name starts with a K.  I don't know if it would help you or not, might not even be related.

You could also try connecting to USB.

Dusty

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mr_ed

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From: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 72

Re: Mouse sometimes stops working

I suppose if it happens again, I'll try taking the PS/2 connector out.

Any chance that doing that will cause the mouse to automatically work?  (or do I need to change something in /etc/X11/XF86Config?  specifically stuff like /dev/psaux)

xerxes2

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From: Malmoe, Sweden

Registered: 2004-04-23

Posts: 1,249

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Re: Mouse sometimes stops working

I fixed my mouse problem by connecting to USB and change to /dev/input/mice  , worked in kernel 2.6.5 without doing anything more than that

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mcubednyc

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From: New York, NY USA

Registered: 2004-03-17

Posts: 120

Re: Mouse sometimes stops working

Do you have gpm running?  Last time my USB mouse froze, I killed gpm and the mouse resurrected.

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