Re: usb wireless mouse stopped working
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 08:55:13AM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote:
> Last night my wireless mouse batteries ran out, so I replaced them,
> but now it wouldn't connect anymore. I am seeing the same behavior I
> have seen in windows since the beginning.
>
> The wireless keyboard is seen no problem, but not the mouse. Both the
> keyboard and the mouse use the same receiver, which is connected
> directly using a USB bus.
>
> Up until now, every time I booted into windows (last time that
> happened was about 6 months ago) I had to hook up my old wirebound
> mouse, cos the wireless mouse wasn't recognized.Well, now I gotta do
> the same thing in Linux.
>
> Anybody know what's going on?
>
> What package is responsible for this and how do I fix it? I tried
> reloading the mousedev driver but that did nothing.
What brand is it? In my experience, when you connect a logitech
wireless receiver, the OS sees the mouse and keyboard right away, no
matter if the mouse/keyboard currently is in range or not. After all
just because you loose the signal for a moment shouldn't make the mouse
or keyboard disconnect from the system and then reconnect. That would
get annoying.
Most likely the only thing necesary is the do the reconnect to the base
of the device after changing batteries.
Len Sorensen
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