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On Feb 7, 2008 12:23 PM, Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I have a USB mouse which likes to freeze up every now and then. |
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> Whenever I don't use my box for a little while (not necessarily long |
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> enough for the screen saver to kick in) and then touch the mouse, it |
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> will freeze right away or within a few seconds. Leaving X and starting |
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> X again doesn't fix the problem: I have to actually reboot. |
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> The only "solution" I have found is to make sure I use the keyboard to |
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> "wake up" the system. If I touch a key and wait a few seconds (that's |
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> important; if I use the mouse too fast it may still freeze up), I can |
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> safely use the mouse again without any trouble. |
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> |
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> So it looks like the USB mouse is going to sleep after a short period |
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> of inactivity and then refuses to wake up ... unless I use the |
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> keyboard first. There's a "USB selective suspend/resume and wakeup" in |
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> the kernel which I have made sure to deselect but that doesn't fix the |
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> problem. |
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> Does anyone else have this problem? Can anyone explain to me why this |
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> is happening? Does anyone know of a real solution? |
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> P.S. I have been running with the sys-kernel/mm-sources kernel which |
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> seems to behave much better but it's not officially supported so I |
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> went back to the regular sys-kernel/gentoo-sources kernel. I notice |
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> it's improved since the last time I tried it (i.e. the mouse doesn't |
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> freeze up as often anymore). |
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Anyone? |
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