USB mouse not working (dies off): Debian
 

Using Debian Lenny with kernel 2.6.26-1-686. The USB mouse is detected (the red LED at its bottom turns on) but after about 3 seconds the LED turns off and the mouse has not effect (moving the mouse is not moving the cursor, similarly for the buttons).

1. I have a USB mouse section in xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

2. I'm loading the usbhid and usbmouse modules in /etc/modules:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

loop
usbmouse
usbhid
hotplug

3. I've uninstalled bluez-gnome and bluez-utils as some threads reported bluez can kill a usb mouse, for example:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=43818

However, all these haven't solved the problem. lsusb gives:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Any ideas?.

Thanks and cheers,
Mike.

hi

since no-one has replied...consider if your xserver is relevant and after making a backup copy of your xorg...and assuming you know how to use a live cd to restore if needed....edit xorg to remove all mention of mouse and let hal take over?

http://www.sidux.com/module-News-display-sid-505.html

Yes I am aware sid is not lenny

seems to have been a hw problem.