[ale] Trouble-shooting Mouse freezing

[lollipopman691]

Oof, yeh. This feels like hardware.

-- CHS




On Friday, December 5th, 2025 at 9:27 AM, Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

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> On 12/5/25 02:20, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
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> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:45:45 -0500
> > Leam Hall via Ale ale at ale.org wrote:
> > 
> > > Running XFCE on Fedora 37, and for the past couple of weeks my mouse
> > > will occasionally freeze. The fix is to unseat the USB connection and
> > > reseat it, but I'm not seeing any common event happening to trigger
> > > the issue. I'm not seeing anything in /var/log/messages, but then
> > > again I'm not sure what to look for, either. Same for systemd logging.
> > > 
> > > Suggestions on where to start?
> > 
> > If you haven't replaced your mouse's battery for more than a month, do
> > it now with a high quality alkaline battery. It might not fix the
> > problem, but it's one less variable to have to consider.
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
> > Steve Litt
> > Featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
> > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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> Wired USB. It seems to happen randomly, some days no issues, other days two or three times a day.
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