Re: Mouse dying on me in Ubuntu

In article <47b16bd6$0$85777$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jurgen Haan <jurgen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
George Peter Staplin wrote:

Could it be from static electricity? I had problems like that due to
shocking the mouse by accident. Try unplugging the mouse, and plugging
it back in again. You might also benefit from touching something
grounded, which is what I do now by habit every time before I touch my
computer now.

Reinserting does not help.
So far, all I can do when it happens is reboot.

It occurs both on PS2 and USB, with different mice.

So to me it seems the mouse handling in X is doing something quirky.
And no, restarting X does not help either.

What about "rmmod psmouse ; modprobe psmouse" (when you're using a PS/2
mouse)?

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