After updating yesterday my mouse was dead

BurnieS · 06-30-2022, 11:29 AM

After updating yesterday my mouse was dead. Have to boot to external drive now. Can anyone help me with this, I'm lost with this.
System is built from PClinuxOS Darkstar

hazel · 06-30-2022, 11:44 AM

1) Try

Code:

sudo dmesg|grep Mouse

and

Code:

grep mouse /var/log/Xorg.log.0

That will tell you if your mouse is still recognised by the kernel and by Xorg respectively.

2) Modern mice use evdev as their driver. Do you remember if your update included libevdev or xf86-input-evdev?

3) Any problems with the keyboard when using X? That uses evdev too.

frankbell · 06-30-2022, 08:16 PM

Just to be thorough, I would test with a known-good mouse just to rule out the possibility of a coincidental hardware failure.

mrmazda · 06-30-2022, 11:07 PM

Is it a USB mouse? Did you try unplugging then replugging after booting? If an old PS/2 mouse, don't plug it in unless the PC is turned off.

ondoho · 07-01-2022, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurnieS

After updating yesterday my mouse was dead. Have to boot to external drive now. Can anyone help me with this, I'm lost with this.
System is built from PClinuxOS Darkstar

You can use your system without a mouse, which you will have to if you want to troubleshoot the issue.
Either log into a text console, or use keyboard shortcuts* to navigate, e.g. activate the menu and open a terminal.

*
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubunt...rtcuts.html.en
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19754-01...-62/index.html
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/save-t...ome-kde-unity/