Wireless mouse configuration

[russell.eberhardt]

Just bought a new wireless mouse to use with the laptop as I find the cable on my untidy desk gets tangled.  Unfortunately it doesn't work on PCLinuxOS only on Windoze 

It gives no response at all and doesn't appear on the lsusb list:

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[russell@localhost ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b307 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
[russell@localhost ~]$
dmesg|grep -i usb (last few lines after reboot) gives:

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usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
usb 3-2: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -32
usb 3-2: chopping to 0 config(s)
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d57, idProduct=0016
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 3-2: Product: HID Wireless Mouse
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: HID Wireless Mouse
usb 3-2: no configuration chosen from 0 choices
input: TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input7
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[russell@localhost ~]$
Any ideas?

Russell.

[µT6]

what kernel are you using?  what mouse is it?

[russell.eberhardt]

what kernel are you using?  what mouse is it?

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[russell@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.2.18-pclos2.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 24 04:44:50 CEST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

The mouse is an unbranded model which is recognised by the system as HID Wireless Mouse (see dmesg output above).

Russell.

[russell.eberhardt]

Windoze recognises it as a Microsoft mouse and runs the standard drivers.  No real problem, I can stick with the wired mouse and tidy my desk but it would be nice to know why it doesn't work.

Russell.

[agmg]

Have you checked if the mouse is showing in PCLinuxOS Control Center? Have you tried a different kernel? A different USB port?

Could you try uninstalling x11-driver-input-synaptics? Maybe a conflict there?

[russell.eberhardt]

Have you checked if the mouse is showing in PCLinuxOS Control Center? Have you tried a different kernel? A different USB port?

Could you try uninstalling x11-driver-input-synaptics? Maybe a conflict there?

The mouse doesn't show in PCC.

Tried kernel 2.6.38 but the computer freezes with that kernel.  Tried another distro with kernel 3.5.0 and the mouse wasn't detected.

I have two USB2 ports and one USB3 port.  It didn't work in any of them however if I plug it into the USB3 port and do a power off restart it then works and will continue working if I move it to a USB2 port!  If I just do a restart without a physical power off it doesn't work

synaptics driver has no effect.

Russell

[russell.eberhardt]

Just a little follow up:  If I do a reboot when the mouse is working as above it fails to work when it boots up!

Russell