Microsoft USB Intelli Mouse - Work fine on one machine, intermitent on another

AcerKev · 04-23-2004, 10:56 AM

for the last 6 months or so i have been using a Microsoft Wheel Optical Mouse 1.1A USB mouse with Linux Mandrake 9.1 fine (and an MS USB Keyboard + USB Scanner), however my old workstation (HP Brio PIII 500MHz) has died, so i've got a new one - Duron 1300MHz with a Jetway MoBo and 512MB RAM (And by is it fast

) - Again Mandrake 9.1

Anyways the problem i am having is that the mouse seams to stop working every so often - and if you turn if over the light is in the very week position (i.e. isn't bright like normal). If you unplug it from the PC (or Keyboard as it is now - saves scrabbling under the desk) and plug it back in it returns to life.

Anyone any ideas why it's doing this, and how i can fix it? (Using the green adaptor isn't an option unless i can get the scroll wheel / center button working too)

The following bits are in the
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
file

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
    Option "Resolution" "256"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

and the Graphics chipset

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "S3 Inc."
    BoardName "S3 Savage4"
    Driver "savage"
    VideoRam 4096
    Option "DPMS"
    # Option "no_accel" # You may enable this if there are timeouts when starting X
EndSection

One other minor thing is that the cursor seams to be rather sluggish on screen too... and when moving fast the cursor vanishes for a second or so?

J.W. · 04-23-2004, 05:06 PM

If it works but not as well as in another machine, and it seems to be brought back to life if you unplug it and then plug it back in, then it sounds like it's just a spotty connection. Do you have another open USB port that you could plug it into, and see if that makes a difference? -- J.W.

AcerKev · 04-23-2004, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by J.W.
If it works but not as well as in another machine, and it seems to be brought back to life if you unplug it and then plug it back in, then it sounds like it's just a spotty connection. Do you have another open USB port that you could plug it into, and see if that makes a difference? -- J.W.

I've tried it on the USB Keyboard (both sockets) and the two spare ones on the back of the PC - the Keyboard is also USB and continues working fine. The mouse was plugged into the keyboard when i used it with the old PC. I have also tried two other mice (identical) with the same result.