Re: Mouse dying on me in Ubuntu

Hactar staggered into the Black Sun and said:
Jurgen Haan <jurgen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
George Peter Staplin wrote:
Try unplugging the mouse, and plugging it back in again.
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.

If it's both USB and PS/2 mice, it's at a lower level than X. Which
kernel are you using? Is a KVM involved anywhere? Those can cause
weirdness for obvious reasons.

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

If there are recalcitrant PS/2 mice around, using the resetafter=N
parameter to the psmouse module is another thing to try. This will
reset the mouse after N bad packets are received.

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