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My USB mouse stopped working, please help!

Asked by Lacho

Hi,

Just yesterday my Microsoft USB Optical Mouse stopped working in my Laptop with Ubuntu 9.04, at first, I thought it was the battery, so I replaced it, but still no success, so I plugged it to the desktop, also with 9.04, and there it did work.

After reading several threads I could not find a definitive answer; tried to look for the saved state file, but could not find it even among the hidden ones, so I ran lsusb, and found that the mouse is recognized.

So What do you suggest?

horacio@turbo-penguin:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
horacio@turbo-penguin:~$

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Best Isak Frants (isakfrants) said : 		#1

Could you please provide
/etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

Maybe Xorg for some reason lost your mouse.
Perhaps a
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -pHigh xserver-xorg
helps.

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Lacho (listas-hmr) said : 		#2

Here goes xorg.conf, in a following message I will post the log file.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

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Lacho (listas-hmr) said : 		#3

Isak,

Your suggestion worked, thank you very much.

I am a couple of weeks into Ubuntu, 19 miserable years in Windows, and 27 in Mac OS, so after Vista I gave MS the boot, therefore I am still not as comfortable in Ubuntu as in the others.

Thanks for the help

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Lacho (listas-hmr) said : 		#4

Thanks Isak Frants, that solved my question.