[ale] Trouble-shooting Mouse freezing

[Leam Hall]

I've had the new trackball for a week or so, no issues so far. Looks like hardware was the issue. I'm thinking I may have pulled the cord a bit much as I tried to get things organized.

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On 12/5/25 12:43, lollipopman691 via Ale wrote:
> Oof, yeh. This feels like hardware.
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> -- CHS
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> 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
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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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