Bug 1199

Summary:	mouse lost on USB reconnect
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Peter Kovář <peter.kovar>
Component:	Input/Mouse	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	high	CC:	esigra
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Peter Kovář 2004-08-27 03:46:02 UTC

Reconnection of USB Receiver causes pointer cursor to stop responding.

True "Plug & Work" or "Plug & Have a fun" would be really nice, not just "Plug &
Pray" nor "Plug & Pay".

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier	"Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse"
  Driver	"mouse"
  Option	"Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
  Option	"Device"     "/dev/input/mouse0"
  Option 	"Buttons"  "5"
  Option 	"ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c50a Logitech, Inc. 

# uname -r
2.4.27

devfs

Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2004-08-27 09:58:59 UTC

try /dev/input/mice.

most likely your mouse isn't being assigned to the same device node when you
plug it back in.

Comment 2 Paul Wheeler 2005-03-31 07:48:39 UTC

I have the same problem, I use multiple mice and udev. I would like X to be 
able to keep using the mouse once it has been plugged in again on that device 
node rather than forced to use /dev/mice.

Comment 3 Erik 2005-04-14 14:55:10 UTC

I would like X to automatically make all devices in /proc/bus/input/devices 
function properly. This file is updated by the kernel when devices are 
connected and disconnected. It contains vendor code, product code and version 
code for all devices, so X can know exactly what it is. No need to manually 
configure things like number of buttons, zaxismapping, resolution or xmodmap. 
(If the user connects a device that is newer than the configuration database, X 
should make a guess and ask the user to confirm or correct the information, and 
add it to the database.)

Comment 4 Adam Jackson 2005-06-28 13:38:47 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 971 ***

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