I'm using a Microsoft Wireless Optical USB Mouse, and after about 30-45 seconds of non-use it stops working. All I have to do to fix it is take out the USB plug and stick it back in, but it's annoying. Anyone know how to fix it so I can just...not have to do anything?
Boy are you using the wrong OS, get used to constantly reconfiguring and having things break. But wait atleast it's secure right? :)
I'd rather reconfigure than be stuck on Windows. ;)
At the least they could implement a front end or something to auto restart it, that's rediculous really.
Actually, I've had to do this on a few Windows machines too.
Arn't there like USB to PS/2 adapters at a hardware store? Some BIOSes have this as well.
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Arn't there like USB to PS/2 adapters at a hardware store? Some BIOSes have this as well.
Yeah, but that seems like a pretty round-about solution. He'd probably be better of finding the cause of this.
You're all useless.
The way my computer is setup, adapting it to PS/2 wouldn't work (it's too far away). Also, I already have 2 of those adapters, but they are both in use.
Now, if anyone wants to post anything else, at least TRY to be some sort of use.
In order to narrow down the problem, can you try adapting it to PS/2 for the sake of expirement?
Blarg...must steal one. BRB!
Doesn't work with PS/2.
Quote from: rabbit on March 25, 2006, 07:04:47 PM
Blarg...must steal one. BRB!
Doesn't work with PS/2.
Same affect? Do you have another USB mouse you could try it with? If it persists, I'd imagine it something in your xorg.conf, though I wouldn't be sure at that point.
Quote from: rabbit on March 25, 2006, 07:04:47 PM
Blarg...must steal one. BRB!
Doesn't work with PS/2.
Did you edit ~/etc/X11/xorg.conf so that the mouse type is PS2 / IMPS2 instead of USB?
It's /etc/X11/xorg.conf
~ means it's located in your home directory, which xorg.conf isn't. :)
I was close enough! I wasn't sure on the exact location.
Oh, I have the same mouse... and no problems on slackware. :)
Quote from: Blaze on March 25, 2006, 10:19:34 PM
Oh, I have the same mouse... and no problems on slackware. :)
Hehe, my guess is motherboard drivers and/or something in xorg.conf
Wow...I forgot about changing xorg...snaps.
That didn't do anything.
On a side note, what's the mouse PS/2 port? Should it be /dev/mouse?
Quote from: rabbit on March 26, 2006, 01:28:39 PM
That didn't do anything.
On a side note, what's the mouse PS/2 port? Should it be /dev/mouse?
I think so.
Do you like asking questions on your "side notes?" ;)
Well when I was editing xorg there were Option choices (commented out) for /dev/mouse, /dev/tty0, /dev/tty1 (or maybe 1, 2? I forget), and something else (which I also forget). Just wondering if that might be *part* of the problem.
Quotenewby@impaler:~$ ls -l /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2005-07-05 11:52 /dev/mouse -> psaux
It should not matter, as when you run mouseconfig it'll point to the correct device.