Mouse coma

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 11:45:17AM -0400, Duane Morin wrote:
> Ok, this is a new one on me.  At the new job, have a brand new Dell 
> machine on which I've installed Redhat 9.  Comes with a Microsoft mouse 
> that has this interesting red light at the bottom.
> 
> What's happening is that sometimes when I walk away from the machine, I 
> lose the mouse.  The light goes out and I get no response at all.  However 
> I still have full keyboard control.  
> 
> This does not appear to be related to the screensaver or something like 
> that, because sometimes I come back (complete with screen locked and 
> having to type my password) just fine and the mouse still works.
> 
> Anybody experienced this?  It's a USB mouse, for what that's worth.

I've heard of it happening with MS optical mice, not with Logitech or
Kensington. Does it come back if you unplug it and plug it back in?

-dsr-

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