Mouse pointer locking up on A4tech scrollball mouse

[Karl Larsen]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> I use these A4tech mice on both machines, but on the machine that I still use 
> FC2 on, the mouse pointer locks up from time to time. Ctrl Alt Backspace 
> won't release the pointer, nor will a reboot, only a complete shutdown. It 
> appears that it's a problem with the mouse, and the power has to be 
> completely removed from it, as in a complete shutdown.
>
> This is on an old Gateway 500 machine, and a complete shutdown means just 
> that. No power of any sort on the mobo.
>
> Looking at the mouse problem, is there any way to completely disable the ps2 
> port for the mouse, including removing power from the mouse, then re-enable 
> the ps2 mouse port? I can still use the keyboard when this problem occurs.
>
> No doubt if I physically unplugged the mouse it would work, but at the same 
> time I risk damaging the mobo due to power spikes, and plugging it back in 
> would create more spikes.
>
> Please. No comments about using unsupported versions of Fedora. In many ways 
> IO find that FC2 is better than F8.
>
> Any comments on the mouse problem welcome.
>
> Nigel.
>
>
>
>   
    Hi Nigel, you will not have serious sparks with your mouse. You can 
put in and out with no problem. That would be a good test because if a 
total removal of the mouse solved the problem, you need a new mouse. My 
money is on the bad mouse because hardware problems are what freeze the 
screen.

Karl


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