Public bug reported: This has apparently been ongoing for a long time. I have a Saitek Eclipse ii keyboard and I and others report that when you click the keyboard button to change the back light color, it triggers mouse events. These end up disabling the mouse, in my case Microsoft Intellimouse. Unplugging and replugging the USB cable for the keyboard resets function to normal with the default blue back light color. If you try to change the color, the problem returns. I am now running 64 bit 14.04 and the problem has been with me since at least 12.04. If I change the backlight color while the system is booting up but before the log in screen appears, I can select the color I want the keyboard to be, but if I wait till after the log in screen appears, then the mouse is non-functional when the desktop loads until I log off and back on.
Here is some relevant data from a report on Ubuntu forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2174670) about this exact problem... /dev/input/event5 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x6a3 product : 0x8021 version : 273 name : "Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboa" phys : "usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0" uniq : "" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC EV_LED EV_REP /dev/input/event6 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x6a3 product : 0x8021 version : 273 name : "Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboa" phys : "usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1" uniq : "" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC The feature that causes the problem here is the button to turn on/off/change the kb backlight color. input-events for /dev/input/event6: First press (backlight off->blue): emulates left click 19:43:40.885931: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646143 19:43:40.885936: EV_KEY BTN_0 (0x100) pressed 19:43:40.885941: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646140 19:43:40.885942: EV_KEY BTN_3 (0x103) released 19:43:40.885943: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Second press (blue->red): emulates middle click 19:43:43.101984: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646143 19:43:43.101989: EV_KEY BTN_0 (0x100) released 19:43:43.101992: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646142 19:43:43.101992: EV_KEY BTN_1 (0x101) pressed 19:43:43.101996: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Third press (red->purple): emulates right click 19:43:38.005865: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646142 19:43:38.005869: EV_KEY BTN_1 (0x101) released 19:43:38.005871: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646141 19:43:38.005872: EV_KEY BTN_2 (0x102) pressed 19:43:38.005874: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 Fourth press (purple->off) emulates ??? 19:43:39.765915: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -16646141 19:43:39.765921: EV_KEY BTN_2 (0x102) released 19:43:39.765925: EV_MSC MSC_SCAN -1664614019 19:43:39.765926: EV_KEY BTN_3 (0x103) pressed 19:43:39.765928: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 So, the backlight changing on a keyboard act as different types of mouse clicks based on what color you switch to. Apparently this problem is also present in PCLinuxOS. Is this possibly a Udev issue? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,mousepoll,snap,move,vpswitch,regex,place,animation,session,imgpng,grid,gnomecompat,wall,resize,expo,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 4 09:47:36 2014 DistUpgraded: 2014-08-02 23:43:24,960 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] [10de:1244] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1556] InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-11-04 (1733 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) MachineType: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. 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