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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse dies after a few minutes
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:58:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201403202358.33219.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140320165150.69cb7386@gentoo.org>

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On Thursday 20 Mar 2014 15:51:50 Tom Wijsman wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:08:00 +0800
> 
> Andrew Lowe <agl@wht.com.au> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > 	I'm running a 64 bit KDE setup in a laptop. In the last few
> > 
> > days, the mouse has become erratic and in fact dies after a bit of
> > usage.
> 
> Check `dmesg` and /var/log/Xorg.0.log for messages, warnings or errors;
> they could reveal the underlying reason and/or the source of it.

Also, before you give up check that the push fit connector between the mouse 
pad and MoBo has not come apart - I remember some older Compaq laptops that 
had a habit of coming off.  It would somehow coincide with leaving the 
external mouse at home ...
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Regards,
Mick

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-03-20 23:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-13 17:08 [gentoo-user] Mouse dies after a few minutes Andrew Lowe
2014-02-13 17:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-02-13 17:39   ` Lee
2014-03-20 15:51 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-03-20 23:54   ` Adam Carter
2014-03-20 23:58   ` Mick [this message]

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