I recently built a new (second hand) pc for the missus with Ubuntu 9.04, I had to replace the mouse as it was a woeful ball mouse, so I picked up a cheap Laser brand USB keyboard and mouse ( http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-laser-optical-5-button-mouse-usb-mouse-4du-price-35014.html). The keyboard works fine but the Mouse stops working properly (clicks don't register, and gksudo says it can't grab the mouse) and stops the keyboard from working in all but the focussed window. I have tried plugging the mouse into different USB ports, with no success. I think I need a different module, but I don't know which one, any suggestions?
$lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 009: ID 093a:2500 Pixart Imaging, Inc. USB Optical Mouse Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1241:1503 Belkin Keyboard Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub $dmesg [ 5390.708013] usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9 [ 5390.905542] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 5390.955008] input: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input16 [ 5390.958082] generic-usb 0003:093A:2500.000D: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
