From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 10:04:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA4D106566B for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aiza21@comclark.com) Received: from avmxsmtp4.comclark.com (avmxsmtp4.comclark.com [202.69.191.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501E38FC0C for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 26492 invoked by uid 89); 2 Mar 2010 10:04:34 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.3.1 ppid: 26458, pid: 26478, t: 1.0500s scanners: attach: 1.3.1 clamav: 0.93.3/m: Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.10.3?) (202.69.174.43) by avmxsmtp4.comclark.com with SMTP; 2 Mar 2010 10:04:33 -0000 Message-ID: <4B8CE2AB.8040504@comclark.com> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:04:27 +0800 From: Aiza User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Programmer In Training References: <4B8C8876.9040601@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4B8C8876.9040601@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Mouse Issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:04:38 -0000 Programmer In Training wrote: > Resend: Sorry if this has appeared twice before. First time sent at > 11:13 CST, sent a second time at 12:43 CST. Sending this one at > approximately 21:37 CST, CCing owner because this (posting new mails to > the list) is an on going problem I'm having. I would like to know what > the problem is so I can have some hand in trying to solve it. > > Now on to the problem at hand. > > I'm not exactly sure what is going on here. Just about 10 minutes (more > like several hours) ago my mouse locked up and stopped responding, > eventually forcing me to reboot because I couldn't get it to start > responding again. I even had to unplug it from the USB port (it is a USB > mouse) and plug it back in because it lost power for some reason. I > tried restarting hald and dbus, figuring that was the problem, I also > tried using sysinstall to configure the mouse to no luck. I have use of > my mouse again, but my scroll wheel is no longer being recognized. I've > once again tried using sysinstall and restarting hald and dbus to no avail. > > It's a fairly old (about 6-8 years) Logitech optical mouse (if I'm not > mistaken, this is one with force feedback, but I'm not concerned about > that feature). > > I was actually on the phone talking with someone while trying to check > up on some messages I had received via FaceBook when the mouse went out. > At first I had thought that my computer had locked because nothing > seemed to be responding, but a quick check showed me I could still > alt+1-5 through my workspaces (keyboard is also USB and apparently > suffered no such interruption). > > Both mouse and kb are on a PCI USB 2.0 expansion port because the > builtins at the back of the box are on their way out (mobo is about as > old as the mouse). > > Any ideas? Get a new mouse that old one is dieing fast. The copper wires will break over time and short out. And quit sending posts to freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org just send to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org