On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> 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.

If it occurs after a time of inactivity it could be going into a power saving state and not waking up. Is it a usb mouse? Is usb power saving on?