Re: Mouse freezing
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:54:52 +0200, Angela Gavazzi wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 12. April 2007 18:15 schrieb Kent West:
> > On 4/12/07, Angela Gavazzi wrote:
> > > Hallo!
> > >
> > > I have a strange problem with the mouse freezing on an Asus L5000.
> >
> > I experienced the mouse freezing on every installation I did, so I don't
> >
> > > think
> > > it's a version or distro problem.
> > >
> > > Interesting thing is that, if I plug the mouse out and in again, dmesg
> > > shows
> > > it as it would work.
> > > It does not matter on what usb port I plug in.
> > >
> > > I cannot believe that the board should be fault again... especially as
> > > the mouse always works on windows... - I forgot that it is a dual boot
> > > install.
> >
> > (I've hesitated to reply, as I don't know what I'm talking about, but ...)
> >
> > When the mouse dies, switch to a terminal window and run "cat
> > /dev/input/mice" and move your mouse around; does it produce garbage on the
> > screen? (Ctrl-C to quit.) It should. If not, that indicates that the mouse
> > "driver" is being "unloaded" at a fundamental level.
> >
> > My gut instinct is that something like udev is "unloading" the mouse after
> > a while of inactivity; it should "reload" it, as I understand things, when
> > needed.
>
> I tried it and absolutely no garbage was produced.
> How could I "reload" the mouse?
> I don't remember if the mouse only stops after inactivity...
> The TPad on /dev/psaux continues working.
Can you post the output of:
ls -l /dev/input/by-id
Also check if this output changes once the mouse hangs. I think you
should see a difference in this directory if udev removes the mouse
device node.
It could also be that there is a problem with how the mouse and the
touchpad share /dev/psaux. In that case we might be able to fix things
by changing the device references in your xorg.conf.
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