[CVALE] Something funny with my mouse...

[David Pitts]

Landon,

Check your irq's for conflicts.  Perhaps your monitor and usb mouse are
using the same (or other similar combination - like your HD or CDROM)

Also, is there anythign in dmesg??

David



On 6/13/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
>
>  I have been having this very weird problem with my mouse on the new Dell
> at my house. I don't know if this is a hardware problem, or a Linux problem.
> (I don't have the problem when I'm using Windows Vista on the same computer,
> so I think it might be a Linux problem.)
>
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> Every few minutes when I go to click on something, my mouse stops
> responding. The keyboard is usually still operating at this point. Here is
> the kicker:
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> If I unplug the mouse and plug it back into the USB port, it works. (For a
> few more minutes.)
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> When this first started happening I thought the computer was locking up,
> and I was restarting it. At least now I only have to pull the computer out
> and unplug/plug the mouse.
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> Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is it a problem with my X-
> Windows configuration? (Remember that I am running Debian.)
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> Thanks for any suggestions on how I can trouble shoot this.
>
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>
> Landon
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