Issue with mouse when starting X

[Peter Hutterer]

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:06:24PM -0700, John Ettedgui wrote:
> *Sometimes* when X starts it does detect the mouse as seen in the log
> but when I move it nothing happens on screen, and doing a cat on the
> /dev/input/eventX does not produce anything either when moving the
> mouse.

if you don't see events on /dev/input/eventX this is a kernel or, more
likely, a hardware issue. device going to sleep, losing connection,
something like that.

Cheers,
  Peter
 
> To get the mouse to work, most of the time I have to unplug the USB
> adapter and replug it, although sometimes I need to switch it with the
> keyboard USB adapter.
> I am not sure why and how as it does not always happen.
> I know of at least one other person with similar symptoms.
> 
> As for my configuration, I am running Arch Linux with a 3.4 Linux
> kernel, xorg-server 1.12.2, evdev 2.7.0.
> My mouse is a Logitech performance MX with a USB wireless unifying receiver.
> My keyboard is a diNovo keyboard with a USB bluetooth receiver.
> Xorg is auto-started by kdm which is started by systemd.
> 
> Here is my log: http://pastebin.com/pWnHwF2d
> In this one I cold started the computer, then got no mouse so I
> unplugged / replugged the receiver but nothing so then I switched they
> keyboard and mouse receivers and then it worked. Everything was
> working fine before shutting down the computer though.
> 
> Thank you,
> John
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