suse 9.3 mouse freezes

thegreatgatsby · 09-25-2005, 04:43 PM

If I leave my computer alone I come back & find that the mouse is unresponsive.....

I have a Logitech USB mouse -

Is this something to do with the mouse drivers or to do with screen savers /power management etc?

doesn't matter which window manager I use

any ideas??

suse 9.3 for x86_64

thanks

Riddick · 09-25-2005, 05:32 PM

are you sure it hasn't crashed? If you do ALT + F1 on the keyboard,
does the start menu come up?

Riddick

thegreatgatsby · 09-26-2005, 12:53 AM

the keyboard works fine, I can type etc.

also if "frozen" I can still use the computer if I ssh into it etc.

(my work involves data analysis that takes 24hrs to run, so I leave it on for this time to run. However the mouse freezing problem isn't related to computing "load" - as it'll freeze anytime I have left it for a while - which makes me think it's something to do with screensaver/ standby / power management / x ....)

thanks for your help

Riddick · 09-26-2005, 04:20 AM

ok next time it freezes do:
ALT + F2
type "Konsole"
then in Konsole type "cat /dev/mouse" and move the mouse a bit, see what come up.

Riddick

thegreatgatsby · 09-28-2005, 02:22 PM

thanks, actually, someone at work suggested I disable ACPI - which I have done, & it doesn't freeze any more,

problem fixed!!!! (I hope)