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Enfield

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 10

USB Mouse problems

Hi there,

Have been experiencing issues with my usb mouse. Sometimes when I start the computer up the mouse does not work, it lights up fine when I move it but the cursor doesn't budge.

The funny thing is that it will work if I leave the computer off over night then come back to it the following day. Also, I have Windows installed on another hard drive and that always picks up the mouse so it can't be a hardware problem.

Any ideas?

TheSaint

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From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,523

Re: USB Mouse problems

Same with my desktop. Whatever OS is used.
The only solution is to plug it into PS/2 port with an adaptor.

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint

Enfield

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 10

Re: USB Mouse problems

It works fine every time all the time in Windows 2000 though.

Xherziu

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 58

Re: USB Mouse problems

I'm having the same problem but the other way around, my PS/2 mouse isn't working but my USB does... I'm thinking this is an xorg.conf configuration problem, could you post your xorg.conf?

Enfield

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 10

Re: USB Mouse problems

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option           "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      330   270    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "HWP"
    ModelName    "HP L1740"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
    HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"             # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                # <i>
        #Option     "DualHead"               # [<bool>]
        Option        "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nv"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV31 [GeForce FX 5600]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Enfield

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 10

Re: USB Mouse problems

It has been working fine since I posted this topic until today when I booted into Windows. I've just booted back up into Archlinux now and the bloody mouse isn't working.

Anyone have any ideas?

I suspect that it will work tomorrow morning after being shutdown for several hours.

Morra

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Registered: 2008-05-16

Posts: 39

Re: USB Mouse problems

I don't know what causes the issues, but maybe these tips can help you to narrow down the problem:

1) Check which input device shows output in /dev/input*. Use "cat /dev/input/mouse0" and move your mouse. You should see some garbage while using mouse. (Try checking these also: "mouse1", "mice" and perhaps "event")

2) You could give evdev a try. It is a driver for USB input devices. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Get … ns_Working

Last edited by Morra (2008-06-07 16:59:56)