mouse stopped working
jim lawrence
fedorajim at gmail.com
Sun Jan 9 17:18:22 UTC 2005
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:06:36 -0500, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 20:22, jim lawrence wrote:
> > i have had a usb mouse in my notebook all the time. I took it out and
> > went to my brothers, plugged it in, adn started to boot up X loads,
> > and the mouse doesn't respond. i log into gnome, mouse still doesn't
> > work, log out and log into kde, same thing. ant ideas??
>
> Well you need to break the problem down.
>
> Possible problems could be a bad mouse, bad usb port, or a configuration
> change on your system.
>
> Since this particular mouse worked originally and I assume for the
> moment that you did not change any configuration items during the move I
> would suspect a mouse failure, possibly a crimped or broken cable. To
> quickly eliminate that as a possibility try that mouse on a different
> system and try a known working mouse on your laptop.
>
> If the mouse does work on a different system and a known working mouse
> does not work on your laptop then check the usb port for physical
> damage. If none is evident then check your log files for indications of
> a software or configuration error.
>
> I would suspect the mouse cable has been crimped or damaged during
> transport.
>
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