Disappearing USB mouse

[Matt Florido]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 9:07 am, Botond Kardos said:
>     Hi,
>     I have a DELL Optiplex GX260 with FC3 and kernel 2.6.11-1.14. My
> mouse (standard Dell USB->PS/2 mouse) sometimes stops responding and I
> have to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 to make it work again. This
> behavior is quite rare normally except during Unreal Tournament where it
> is very frequent (about twice in a minute) and very irritating. I've
> rebuilt the stock kernel with preemption but there was no difference. Of
> course there's nothing in /var/log/messages or /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Does
> somebody has an idea what can cause this?

I have the same problem on occasion with a Dell SC420.  Interestingly, it
doesn't occur when I use the ports on the front of my server.  Worth a
shot if your Optiplex has the same.

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Regards,
Matt Florido