Mouse coma

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Tuesday 09 September 2003 11:45 am, Duane Morin wrote:
> Ok, this is a new one on me.  At the new job, have a brand new Dell
> machine on which I've installed Redhat 9.  Comes with a Microsoft mouse
> that has this interesting red light at the bottom.
>
> What's happening is that sometimes when I walk away from the machine, I
> lose the mouse.  The light goes out and I get no response at all. 
> However I still have full keyboard control.
>
> This does not appear to be related to the screensaver or something like
> that, because sometimes I come back (complete with screen locked and
> having to type my password) just fine and the mouse still works.
>
> Anybody experienced this?  It's a USB mouse, for what that's worth.

Make sure the mouse's Protocol is set to be "IMPS/2" instead of "PS/2".

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