solved mouse freeze requires a restart

[anbraca]

hi, can anyone think of a reason for mouse just freezing for no apparent reason,no button cobination ive tried,will unfreeze it ,esc, dosent work either, i just have to force a shutdown and restart ,any help appreciated  

[rubentje1991]

Does for example <Alt>+<Tab> still work to switch between windows?
Or is the system completely frozen (can have many causes - even at hardware level)?

If the system is completely frozen, do you see the CAPS LOCK light blinking?

And last but not least:
If you experience such a 'freeze', does the following thing work:
<Ctrl><Alt><Printscreen/SysRq> and then, while these three buttons are pressed in, press and release the following buttons one after one:
R E I S U B
(wait at least about 1 second in between)
=> this is to try to do a safe rescue reboot (if you want more info about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key)
(remark: some people say you don't need to press the Ctrl-button

If that doesn't work anymore, we would like to know also....

So, waiting now to the next freeze   ()

[anbraca]

thank you, next time it happens ill give it a go ,realy appreciate your help 

[DeBaas]

Had this once and needed the older, but later newer nVidia driver from Synaptic.
2cts

[anbraca]

rubentje1991, alt+tab   dont work
caps  lock dont blink, ctrl alt printscreen dont work, i cant see how to press r e i s u b ,whilst holding the other 3

debaas, my nvidia geforce is 8200, are you suggesting that i look for a driver update in synaptic ?,if so ?? what do i look for please. anyone else got any ideas all suggestions welcome thanks

[DeBaas]

latest version for nVidia = 270.41.06-1pclos2011
installed by dkms-nvidia-current
You should fully update your system.
You can also experiment with the options from the graphicall card in PCC.
Also swith off the desktop effects (just for checking)

[anbraca]

DeeBaas, my system is fully up to date and my nvidia driver is also 270 - 41 -06, ? any other ideas please

[rubentje1991]

You can also experiment with the options from the graphicall card in PCC.
Also swith off the desktop effects (just for checking)

=> You did those two things?

How do I SysRq?
Left hand: Pink on <Ctrl>, Thumb on <Alt>
Right hand: Pink on <SysRq/PrtScr>
Other fingers: type the character sequence (one button at the same time, starting with <r> (press - release), then <e>, etc....)
But you don't have to use it, just to mention how I accomplish it (I don't think it's a mission impossible  .... - except for some cases)

[anbraca]

ok thanks to all who tried to help,im not sure if its a fix.
i went to " configure my computer" and in the graphic card section i found a "propiritry driver" was available
so i bit the bullet and went for it. fingers crossed , so far so good,.

ill wait a few days and let you know, many thanks to ALL, realy appreciated 

[anbraca]

all seems to be ok ,so ill mark this topic solved many thanks to all