[CVALE] Something funny with my mouse...

[Ian Sterling]

I've had an issue with Ubuntu where occasionally I'll lose my mouse
when switching from one computer to the other with my KVM.  One thing
I did was to install GPM (sudo apt-get install GPM from a virtual
terminal <ctrl><alt><f1> from X, then <ctrl><alt><f7> to get back to
X).  When I lose my mouse now, I switch to TTY1 and back to X.  That's
helped the last several times.

Now does your mouse do this under Windows as well?

--Ian...

On 6/13/07, David Pitts <pitts.david at gmail.com> wrote:
> Landon,
>
> run "dmesg", you will get a list of messages.  unplug your mouse, run
> "dmesg" again.  You "should" see where the mouse was  unplugged.  plug the
> mouse in and run "dmesg" again and you "should" see where it is plugged in.
> (dmesg is at /bin/dmesg I believe)
>
> I believe you can cat /proc/interrupts to see what is being used.
>
> You said you have usb mouse, yes?  Do you have your bios set up to assign
> irq's to usbs?
>
>
> David
>
>
> On 6/13/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am so pitiful. Any tips on how I would "check for irq conflicts"?
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, do I just run "dmesg" from the command line and review the output.
> >
> >
> >
> > Landon
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
>
> >
> > From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
> [mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of
> David Pitts
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:51 AM
> > To: cvale at cvale.org
> > Subject: Re: [CVALE] Something funny with my mouse...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> >
> >
> > 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:
> >
> >
> >
> > If I unplug the mouse and plug it back into the USB port, it works. (For a
> few more minutes.)
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is it a problem with my X-
> Windows configuration? (Remember that I am running Debian.)
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions on how I can trouble shoot this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Landon
> >
> >
> >
> >
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