USB Mouse - only works after being replugged in

[Barry Kominik]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:35:58 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>
wrote:
> On Thursday 17 March 2011 18:32:52 Barry Kominik wrote:
>> Looks Like I get it on boot:
>> Mar 17 08:13:27 durga kernel: ums0: <Logitech USB Trackball, class 0/0,
>> rev 1.10/14.00, addr 2> on usbus4
>> Mar 17 08:13:27 durga kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and [XY] coordinates ID=0
>> Mar 17 12:00:19 durga kernel: ums0: at uhub4, port 2, addr 2
>> (disconnected)
>> Mar 17 12:00:21 durga kernel: ums0: <Logitech USB Trackball, class 0/0,
>> rev 1.10/14.00, addr 2> on usbus4
>> Mar 17 12:00:21 durga kernel: ums0: 5 buttons and [XY] coordinates ID=0
> 
> Could you try to use this trick? CTRL+ALT+F1, then CTRL+ALT+F9. Does the
> mouse 
> work?
> 
> 
> Most likely it is a hald issue.
> 
> --HPS

I can try tonight, I'm not in front of the machine at the moment. I'm
fairly sure it will not work. That's one of the first things I tried and
how I realized the mouse is unresponsive in text consoles.

-=B