Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-input-mouse package

USB mouse not working after booting with mouse plugged in

Bug #29897 reported by Bill Chivers
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xserver-xorg-input-mouse (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

This is my second post although I have been around a while and I have been using the fantastic Ubuntu since April 2005 (I waited for 5.04). I use Ubuntu on my Toshiba Tecra notebook and Kubuntu on my desktop computer at home (my workplace is, sadly, a Microsoft shop). I have used Linux (previously Mandrake) for over three years, but I would describe myself as a user, rather than a guru.

Which brings me to this post. I installed 5.10 only two weeks ago (installed, rather than upgraded). My USB mouse worked fine, but I was plugging it in after boot-up. Today I accidentally started the machine with the mouse plugged, and it no longer works properly---it does work, but the movement is slow to respond and moves on the screen in a jerky action. The mouse preference settings only help slightly. The curious thing is that the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has not changed according to its "date modified" in nautilus.

Any ideas?

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Bill Chivers (billchivers) wrote :

I should add that the problem persists after several re-boots with or without the mouse plugged.

Thanks,
Bill Chivers

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Bill Chivers (billchivers) wrote :

Mouse problem solved
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When I said "re-boots" above I meant "re-starts". When I powered the machine down completely and then re-started, the problem was solved. I plugged the mouse in when I had the user login screen and it now works well again.

So what is the difference between re-starting and shutting down? What information is kept during a re-start that is lost when the machine is powered down? Just when I thought I was starting to understand...

Cheers,
Bill Chivers

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Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione) wrote :

It's probably the way in which USB devices are initizialized by the kernel. X makes no differences between USB/ps2. X knows only about events that are collected by the kernel.

Fabio

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-mouse:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Pete Deremer (sportman1280-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This is effecting my system also. When i boot with the mouse plugged in, it doesnt work. Unplug it and plug it back in and it works everytime i do that.

Running 7.10

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