[olug] Debian forgets my mouse

[Joe Gulizia]

I had this problem every so often on my machine running Kubuntu 8.04 currently...other Kubuntu version previously.  I ended up putting in a optical mouse with a USB connection and ran it for a couple of weeks without a problem.  Now I have it plugged into a PS2 adapter...still no problems.  AMD Athlon processor, 1.23 GB RAM.


--- On Wed, 6/18/08, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:

> From: Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Debian forgets my mouse
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:06 PM
> A reboot isn't good enough, actually. Have you powered
> down the machine
> since this started happening? If a ps/2 mouse gets messed
> up, it usually
> doesn't start working again until a cold restart.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Mike Hostetler
> <hostetlerm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Dan Linder
> <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'll second JohnH's idea for a reboot -
> PS/2 hot-plugging is flaky and
> > > prone
> > > to hardware errors. :-(
> > >
> >
> > I didn't reboot, since that  usually only works
> with Windows ;).  But I
> > just
> > tried it and, alas, that didn't work this time.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > If you can't do that, or it doesn't work,
> what happens if you run "cat
> > > /dev/psaux" and then move the mouse?  When
> you do that as root you will
> > get
> > > a lot of jibberish each time the mouse is moved.
> >
> >
> > > If you don't get the output, then it could be
> the drive (or mouse or PS/2
> > > port or...).  Try running the same test command
> on the various
> > /dev/input/*
> > > devices (mice, mouse0, mouse1,...) and see if any
> of those work.
> > >
> >
> > Nothing from cat /dev/psaux and cat /dev/input/mice.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Mike Hostetler
> > http://mike.hostetlerhome.com/
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