Re: [gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On 08/08/2014 10:46 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Friday, August 08, 2014 10:30:55 AM Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I've been having trouble with USB mice on my laptop, with the mouse
>> pointer and the scroll wheel not responding all the time. It's not until
>> I click either button that the mouse starts responding again.
>>
>> The output taken from /var/log/messages shown below does not seem out of
>> the ordinary:
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.801085] usb 4-2: new low-speed
>> USB device number 6 using uhci_h
>> cd
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.968100] usb 4-2: New USB device
>> found, idVendor=045e, idProduct
>> =0084
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.968109] usb 4-2: New USB device
>> strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, Seri
>> alNumber=0
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.968116] usb 4-2: Product:
>> Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.968121] usb 4-2: Manufacturer:
>> Microsoft
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.995929] input: Microsoft
>> Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse as /devi
>> ces/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/0003:045E:0084.0005/input/input
>> 12 Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost kernel: [ 5692.996296] hid-generic
>> 0003:045E:0084.0005: input,hidraw0: USB HID
>>  v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse] on
>> usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input0
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 4, device 6:
>> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2"
>> Aug  8 09:32:56 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 4, device: 6 was not an MTP device
>>
>> Your advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> Alexander Kapshuk.
> Looks like quite a few people have issues with that mouse. Googling for
> "idVendor=045e, idProduct=0084" brings up several hits with people describing
> what you are seeing.
>
> Basically, it looks like the latest firmware on the mouse seems to have some
> powersaving functions that don't work properly.
>
> Can you test with a different mouse to see if that one works?
> Alternatively, disable USB powersaving:
>
> # for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend;
>     do echo 2 > $i;
>     done
>
> # for foo in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/level;
>   do echo on > $foo;
>   done
>
> --
> Joost
>
Thanks very much. I did use an A4Tech USD mouse on this laptop as well
with similar symptoms:
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11424.824081] usb 4-2: new low-speed
USB device number 9 using uhci_h
cd
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11424.984472] usb 4-2: New USB device
found, idVendor=09da, idProduct=000a
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11424.984482] usb 4-2: New USB device
strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11424.984488] usb 4-2: Product:
PS/2+USB Mouse
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11424.984493] usb 4-2: Manufacturer:
A4Tech
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11425.010391] input: A4Tech PS/2+USB
Mouse as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/0003:09DA:000A.0008/input/input15
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost kernel: [11425.010736] a4tech
0003:09DA:000A.0008: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [A4Tech PS/2+USB
Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2/input0
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 4, device 9:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-2"
Aug  8 11:08:28 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 4, device: 9 was not an MTP device

I will google it further and give your suggestion a try.