I have exactly the same mouse problem, with the same essential
configuration. I find that simply unplugging it, then plugging it back in,
resolves it.
Chris.
On 16/04/2008, Peter Alefounder <p_alefounder@???> wrote:
>
>
> I am using Debian 4.0r1, on a machine with 1GB RAM and a USB
> mouse.
>
> Just in the past day or two, I have had problems with the mouse: it
> gets into a state where moving it no longer causes the cursor on
> the screen to move, although the scroll wheel still works and I
> think the buttons do as well (but I can't move the cursor to test
> them properly). Restarting the machine with the keyboard restores
> mouse function - after any programs that were running have restarted.
>
> On investigating this, I examined, among other things,
> /var/log/messages and found no clue as to what is going wrong with
> the mouse, but it seems that Debian has never been making all my
> RAM available for use:
>
> debian kernel: Warning only 896MB will be used.
> debian kernel: Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
> debian kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
>
> The System Monitor program says:
> User memory 885.5 MiB.
> Up to now, I had assumed that the rest of the memory, not seen by the
> System Monitor, was being used by the OS, but it appears that this is not
> the case. Should all 1GB (or a litle less) be available? If so, how do I
> enable the rest? A google search reveals that others have noticed this,
> but I have found no answers.
>
> I would be grateful for any advice about the mouse as well.
>
> /var/log/messages has this to say about it:
> debian kernel: input: PS/2+USB Mouse as /class/input/input1
> debian kernel: input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PS/2+USB Mouse] on
> usb-0000:00:11.2-2
>
> Peter Alefounder.
>
>
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