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

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:49 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On Saturday, August 23, 2014 03:51:40 PM Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> On 08/08/2014 10:46 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>
> <snipped>
>
>> > 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
>>
>> I've done as suggested above as well as set AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST
>> in /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf to the ID of my USB
>> mouse. So far the mouse has been working OK.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>
> Glad to hear this works.
> Do keep in mind this disables powersaving for ALL USB devices.
>
> You might want to adjust the scripts to only disable it for the mouse if you
> want to have a longer battery-life.
>
> --
> Joost
>

Thanks.