Guest andytof47 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 ok i am new to linux, so please dum dum terms all the way baby, i have 3 different mice that continue to randomly drop out after about 2 - 20 minutes of use......i plug it back in, and it's fine for another 2 - 20 mins......and then eventually at some point it stops working altogether, so i reboot and the whole thing starts ovvvver i really want to keep mandriva 2005 le , but how caaaaaaaaaan i learn it without a mouse....... a who when he should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Welcome. As a guess I would say that for some reason the mouses are timing out and turning themselves off due to inactivity (or if wireless they are low on battery power). open a terminal and when the mouse fails type dmesg and have a look at the end of the output. If it is the systme turning off the mouse you should get some explanation there. Do you have any issues with other usb devices? Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andytof47 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 well actually at a guess i would say it is affecting the whole of my usb,when using a usb k/b it seems to stop working too. but i haven't used anything else so i will make it go down and then check no really n e way back to for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andytof47 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 O BTW FYI It's actually only when i am using the mouse that it bombs out, it can sit there for ages without a problem - which would be useful if i only needed it to turn off the screen saver.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Have you tried any of the mouses on an alternative box? It would rule out any hardware problems to do with the usb on your current machine? Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andytof47 Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Flawless on the same box under Windowzzzzz isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 (edited) It is only an idea but since you are using a usb mouse, have you checked in the bios to see whether the usb mouse support has be enabled or disabled. What ever it is try changing it to the alternative and see if that solves it. Cheers. John. now a milestone 1111 and 5 pengis, not certain about the Guru bit though. Edited October 15, 2005 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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