Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:04:27 +0800 From: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> To: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mouse Issues Message-ID: <4B8CE2AB.8040504@comclark.com> In-Reply-To: <4B8C8876.9040601@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <4B8C8876.9040601@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training wrote: > Resend: Sorry if this has appeared twice before. First time sent at > 11:13 CST, sent a second time at 12:43 CST. Sending this one at > approximately 21:37 CST, CCing owner because this (posting new mails to > the list) is an on going problem I'm having. I would like to know what > the problem is so I can have some hand in trying to solve it. > > Now on to the problem at hand. > > I'm not exactly sure what is going on here. Just about 10 minutes (more > like several hours) ago my mouse locked up and stopped responding, > eventually forcing me to reboot because I couldn't get it to start > responding again. I even had to unplug it from the USB port (it is a USB > mouse) and plug it back in because it lost power for some reason. I > tried restarting hald and dbus, figuring that was the problem, I also > tried using sysinstall to configure the mouse to no luck. I have use of > my mouse again, but my scroll wheel is no longer being recognized. I've > once again tried using sysinstall and restarting hald and dbus to no avail. > > It's a fairly old (about 6-8 years) Logitech optical mouse (if I'm not > mistaken, this is one with force feedback, but I'm not concerned about > that feature). > > I was actually on the phone talking with someone while trying to check > up on some messages I had received via FaceBook when the mouse went out. > At first I had thought that my computer had locked because nothing > seemed to be responding, but a quick check showed me I could still > alt+1-5 through my workspaces (keyboard is also USB and apparently > suffered no such interruption). > > Both mouse and kb are on a PCI USB 2.0 expansion port because the > builtins at the back of the box are on their way out (mobo is about as > old as the mouse). > > Any ideas? Get a new mouse that old one is dieing fast. The copper wires will break over time and short out. And quit sending posts to freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org just send to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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