Mouse stops working after an hour

[hijacktheleft]

I figured I'd start a new thread for this one since I think my other problems are due to my ignorance. This one, however, I don't think so.

After about an hour of activity or so, I lose mouse functionality. The pointer is still on the screen, and the laser light on the mouse is still on, but it doesn't get brighter with movement. I've tried another USB mouse, and that does the same thing. I don't have a PS2 mouse to try. My keyboard is USB as well, and I tried swapping the ports, and it still does it. My keyboard works fine, but the mouse freezes up.

It did this in Ubuntu as well, but it didn't take an hour. It only took about 10 minutes or so. It also did it in Linux Mint, but that is based on Ubuntu, so it was expected.

I've done some research, and I've found a plethora of other mouse problems, but I can't find anything that matches mine. Has anybody else had this problem, or know what it might be?

TIA

-Chris

[buccaneere]

I figured I'd start a new thread for this one since I think my other problems are due to my ignorance. This one, however, I don't think so.

After about an hour of activity or so, I lose mouse functionality. The pointer is still on the screen, and the laser light on the mouse is still on, but it doesn't get brighter with movement. I've tried another USB mouse, and that does the same thing. I don't have a PS2 mouse to try. My keyboard is USB as well, and I tried swapping the ports, and it still does it. My keyboard works fine, but the mouse freezes up.

It did this in Ubuntu as well, but it didn't take an hour. It only took about 10 minutes or so. It also did it in Linux Mint, but that is based on Ubuntu, so it was expected.

I've done some research, and I've found a plethora of other mouse problems, but I can't find anything that matches mine. Has anybody else had this problem, or know what it might be?

TIA

-Chris

Hmmm...

Mouse 1 + USB port A = no mouse (after one hour (or so))
Mouse 2 + USB port A = no mouse (right away?) (after an hour?)
Keyboard 1 + USB port A = good function

So we must answer some questions BEFORE blaming port A...

Time of mouse 1 failure. Is it EXACTLY one hour? This is important.

Time of mouse 2 failure in port A, after swap. Right away? Or does 1-hour period start over?

Mouse 1 in port B, or C, or D - does it function post 1 hour?(how many USB ports do you have?)

And of course, this could be only a [function]-to-exit-sleep-mode setting

[hijacktheleft]

I've tried both mice in 4 different ports, with the same results. I thought it was consistently about an hour, but once, it only took about 90 seconds. Once one stops working, it doesn't matter if I unplug it and plug a different one back in. It still doesn't work. I have to restart it everytime. And no other USB devices lose functionality. I have a keyboard, a blackberry, and a flash drive.

It's done this at varying timeframes with Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, knoppix, and Mandriva, but never in Windows.

[hijacktheleft]

I just wanted to add that the mouse only stops working while it's being used. If I use it for a while after booting, it'll freeze while I'm using it. If the computer sits for a while before the mouse freezes, it'll freeze shortly after I stop using it.

I was using the up and down arrows to scroll web pages while the mouse cursor is in the middle of the screen and the cursor changes depending on what its over, like it should. The mouse just doesn't doesn't work.

Does Linux have an equivalent to Windows' Mousekeys?

[buccaneere]

Next time it happens, restart hardware daemons.

sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart

[hijacktheleft]

Thanks, will do. I just left to go get dinner and came back, and it hasn't froze since I got back about 15 minutes ago, but I'm about to leave again, so I'll do it later, and post when I get some sort of result.

[hijacktheleft]

My mouse just stopped working again, and I tried the 'sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart' command, but it told me "Command not found." I checked to make sure I was typing it correctly several times. I tried it as Root as well.

[buccaneere]

I was thinking Ubuntu when I said 'sudo'. Might be 'su' - su /etc/rc.d/hal restart

Strange that it didn't execute in root user priviledge tho'...

Next time it stops, try (as ROOT user)
/etc/rc.d/hal stop
then
/etc/rc.d/hal start

[hijacktheleft]

ok, that makes sense. i just wanted to mention that my keyboard just froze on me. It's the first time any other device froze. Just like with the mouse though, I was in the middle of using it when it froze. Caps and Num Lock wouldn't work, but the lights were still on. I obviously wasn't able to type the commands into the terminal. I copied and pasted, but then realized that I had no way to press enter. :\