Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-04 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 13:05 +, michael wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:41 +, michael wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > > > cs wrote: > > > > > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > > > playing with the control centr

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-04 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 14:43 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > michael wrote: > > > Okay, I spoke too soon :( > > The mouse just ''froze'' on me again (as in I could move it but clicking > > did nothing) - had to ALT-TAB (to 'nothing' then again to get current > > apps)... > > That doesn't sound like a

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
michael wrote: > Okay, I spoke too soon :( > The mouse just ''froze'' on me again (as in I could move it but clicking > did nothing) - had to ALT-TAB (to 'nothing' then again to get current > apps)... That doesn't sound like a hardware problem. See if you can figure out what apps are running whe

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:41 +, michael wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > > cs wrote: > > > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > > > started accepting

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > cs wrote: > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > > started accepting USB input again > > > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
cs wrote: > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > started accepting USB input again > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many more application windows (that have > not been previously openned?)

mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread cs
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:37 +, michael wrote: > On 18 Dec 2007, at 23:57, Adam Porter wrote: > > > What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with > > different > > Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu > > or...? Does > > logging out and back in

Re: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-31 Thread michael
On 18 Dec 2007, at 23:57, Adam Porter wrote: What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with different Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu or...? Does logging out and back in (without rebooting) fix it? t happens frequently but not immediatel

Re: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-19 Thread cs
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:57 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with different > Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu or...? Does > logging out and back in (without rebooting) fix it? > > I've not had the time to try

Re: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-18 Thread Adam Porter
What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with different Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu or...? Does logging out and back in (without rebooting) fix it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-18 Thread michael
On 18 Dec 2007, at 20:53, cs wrote: I've not managed to define precisely when I get borrows but I'm noticing the following symptoms and was wondering if some kind soul would help me debug what's going on in order to get to a solution? Thanks, Michael set-up: etch, gnome (eg gnome-core 2.14

usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-18 Thread cs
I've not managed to define precisely when I get borrows but I'm noticing the following symptoms and was wondering if some kind soul would help me debug what's going on in order to get to a solution? Thanks, Michael set-up: etch, gnome (eg gnome-core 2.14.3.6), metacity 2.14.5-4 and Dell/Logitech U

FIXED: USB mouse problems

2004-09-07 Thread Piers Kittel
Needed HID Input Layer Support enabled in the kernel. Thanks for your help Cheers - Piers Craig Jackson wrote: On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:17:56 +0100 Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Have got an standard USB Intellimouse - I put in a new hard drive, installed Debian, and basically it w

Re: USB mouse problems

2004-09-06 Thread Craig Jackson
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:17:56 +0100 Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Have got an standard USB Intellimouse - I put in a new hard drive, > installed Debian, and basically it worked just fine. Then I had to > remove the hard drive and go back to my old install, but the mouse

USB mouse problems

2004-09-06 Thread Piers Kittel
Hi all, Have got an standard USB Intellimouse - I put in a new hard drive, installed Debian, and basically it worked just fine. Then I had to remove the hard drive and go back to my old install, but the mouse doens't work there, and I've mounted the drive I had to remove and checked all settin

Re: USB mouse problems

2003-06-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:08:13PM +0200, Andrej Prsa wrote: > Usually, in XF86config (and not XF86config-4) it was just a matter > of adding "AllowMouseOpenFail", but in Debian I don't have > XF86Config, Because XF86Config was for XF86 3.x, not 4.x.

USB mouse problems

2003-06-27 Thread Andrej Prsa
Hi! I have a tiny problem with my USB mouse; when the mouse is plugged in during X startup, everything is working fine. But if I plug it off and then plug it in again, it wouldn't work. Usually, in XF86config (and not XF86config-4) it was just a matter of adding "AllowMouseOpenFail", but in Debian

Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 03:35:15AM -0400, lameth wrote: ... > The previous distrobution of linux that I used was Mandrake 8.0. The > installs always went fine but then after a month or two of using it I > would start seeing messages about non-contiguous data on the hard drive. That's just `fsc

Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread Kent West
thread. After all, people will see from the subject line that this particular thread is "Solved", so why bother, and even if that didn't slow them down, people who know about contiguous files on reiserfs may not care to read a posting about USB mouse problems. It also helps when other

Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread lameth
After reading a few articles and searching debian's package list I thought using modutils or usbmgr might solve the problem I was having. Don't ask why it was just a hunch. When I typed in modutils or usbmgr I recieved the message command not found.Yeah I was amazed too ;-) I thought both soun

USB Mouse problems

2002-10-05 Thread lameth
User level. Just born Newbie. System Dell Dimension XPS T-500 Desktop with 128mb of Ram, 26 gig hard drive, Soundblaster live value soundcard, Diamond Multimedia Viper 770D Ultra TNT2 video card with 32mb of memory. Logitech Marble Mouse USB trackball. Debian Version 3.0 Purchased from the Sph