On Friday 24 April 2020 14:51:26 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Some followup: on my Wheezy system, I find kpsmoused running, I don't > see that on either my Jessie or Buster systems. > > I'm guessing that kpmoused might be what helps the mouse run in Wheezy > / non systemd. I'm pretty sure that Buster is systemd, and maybe so > is Jessie. In any event, I can't find an actual file named kpsmoused > on any of the systems (which surprises me on Wheezy). > > On Friday, April 24, 2020 02:34:29 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Today I had to reboot my Jessie system, after Firefox totally hung > > the system (for over an hour, with 20 tabs open). After the reboot, > > it seems that most things are working (well, the things I can test > > without a mouse), but the mouse is not working. > > > > The Jessie system is connected to a KVM system, and because I had to > > run some errands, I started the boot process and then left, with the > > KVM set to the Jessie system. > > > > When I came back and tried it, I found that the mouse is not > > working. The mouse still works on the other two systems connected > > to the KVM switch. > > > > I've tried googling and looking at (and trying some) commands found > > with apropos mouse or apropos x (a lot), but I haven't found a way > > to activate the mouse. An lsmod on one of my wheezy systems shows hid_logitech_dj 17073 0 usbhid 39608 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 72252 2 usbhid,hid_logitech_dj crc_t10dif 12333 1 sd_mod floppy 51935 0 microcode 17386 0 ata_generic 12440 0 ata_piix 25279 3 uhci_hcd 26254 0 tg3 129085 0 libphy 22438 1 tg3 ehci_hcd 43561 0 libata 152992 2 ata_generic,ata_piix scsi_mod 125436 3 sg,libata,sd_mod usbcore 124257 5 uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid usb_common 12339 1 usbcore
clues? 2 other wheezy machines are similar. Put a tail on /var/log/messages, and unplug, then replug the mouse, it might get discovered then. It should generate some activity in the log. > > (I'm assuming that if I reboot and mouse around early after the > > reboot, the mouse will be activated, but I'd like to avoid another > > reboot, and maybe learn something.) > > > > While I was looking for ways to activate the mouse, I did come > > across a place where I could click (well, via a keyboard shortcut) > > something that said something like: "activate mouse with KDE" -- > > maybe at some point in time I fat fingered something that unchecked > > that? > > > > Anyway, suggestions appreciated. > > > > I have tried to get to the "system settings" ahha, ok, I can type > > systemsettings at a CLI as user, but (1) I don't know how to > > navigate within that page to get to the mouse device, (2) but (on > > another system), although I see things to change about the mouse > > under Hardware ==> Input Devices ==> Mouse, I don't see anything > > that appears to activate (or de-activate) the mouse. > > > > Suggestions appreciated. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
