catting /dev/input/mice works again too.. That would imply kernel. But switching back to an older kernel didn't resolve the problem for me.. odd.
here are a few more package versions that may be related: udev: 142-2 hal: 0.5.12+git20090512-0ubuntu3 -- Mouse stopped working after upgrade to Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378818 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs