Mouse pointer locking up on A4tech scrollball mouse

[Tim]

On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 21:43 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I use these A4tech mice on both machines, but on the machine that I still use 
> FC2 on, the mouse pointer locks up from time to time. Ctrl Alt Backspace 
> won't release the pointer, nor will a reboot, only a complete shutdown. It 
> appears that it's a problem with the mouse, and the power has to be 
> completely removed from it, as in a complete shutdown. 

Obvious questions:

Does the same problem occur if you use a different mouse?
Do you mind using a different mouse?

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(This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's
 important to the thread.)

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