Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

[Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes@sbcglobal.net>]

On 01/03/2014 07:46 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 12/31/2013 05:07 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > On 12/31/2013 04:03 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> > > > it..    my problem with Debian is the ice...dove/weasel.. rather than
> > > > the real thunderbird. I like thunderbird, I don't want it rebranded.
> > > I added the Linux Mint Debian Edition repositories to get Firefox &
> > > Thunderbird.
> > I just downloaded the Debian DVD... made some room on my 2nd drive. I
> > may install Debian  tomorrow ..a day off:)
> > > > does lsusb show anything different for your mouse with the docking
> > > > station attached??
> > >      Nah, no difference noticed. But I did catch one oddity. Today when
> > > I was booting up, I had the trackball connected to the USB port (that
> > > has the power connector next to it) and while it was loading the
> > > greeter (? the login window) the trackball did work. Then once the
> > > login window came up, that was it.
> > >      I'm kinda stumped here...
> > sometimes some USB devices don't like other things plugged in that same
> > bus.. as in only have the trackball plugged in, and the other port
> > spare.. maybe not enough power.. I had that same issue recently with the
> > trinity DM, the mouse didn't work. I... gave up:) went back to MATE.
> > does it work on say the XFCE desktop manager?
>     Installing Mate & XFCE right now to test.
>
>     I must say, I am surprised that no one else has chimed in with any 
> suggestions as to how to get my USB mouse or trackball working...
    Well, now this is interesting.I installed XFCE, and now the 
trackball is working in Gnome..... Time to test the mouse, which I 
anticipate will work.
    XFCE must've brought in whatever was needed...

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