[ale] Trouble-shooting Mouse freezing

[Boris Borisov]

Whew we were about to blame X server:)

On Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 09:55 Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Leam
>
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> On 12/5/25 12:43, lollipopman691 via Ale wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/5/25 02:20, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
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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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