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tb75252
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Mouse No Longer Working

#1 Post by tb75252 »

I am using MX Linux 21.3, 64-bit.
My mouse has stopped working. (Logitech M325, wireless)
This happened after I was experimenting and moved the slide (turned it off) that is located to the right of Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad -> Devices tab -> Device pulldown menu.
After I did that, the mouse froze.
I have rebooted and the mouse works up to and including the login screen. After that the mouse freezes.
I have switched to a corded mouse and it works just fine...
Hope that somebody knows how to fix this issue.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-34-amd64 [5.10.234-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-34-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Unknown System: Seneca product: PRO181820 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Intel model: DP55WG v: AAE57269-404 serial: <filter> BIOS: Intel 
           v: KGIBX10J.86A.5531.2010.0521.1135 date: 05/21/2010 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7 860 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem family: 6 
           model-id: 1E (30) stepping: 5 microcode: A cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 44802 
           Speed: 1288 MHz min/max: 1199/2800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1288 
           2: 1272 3: 1292 4: 1335 5: 1405 6: 1296 7: 1256 8: 1258 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1287 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Logitech HD Webcam C615 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 046d:082c class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.6") 
           diag: 551mm (21.7") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C615 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 046d:082c class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Device-4: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 wireless adapter type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-1.4:3 chip-ID: 1038:1260 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-34-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 2040 
           bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f0 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 wireless adapter type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-1.4:3 chip-ID: 1038:1260 
           class-ID: 0300 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 20.9 GiB (4.5%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 28.67 GiB (97.86%) used: 14.89 GiB (51.9%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
           ID-2: /home raw-size: 122.07 GiB size: 119.97 GiB (98.28%) used: 6.02 GiB (5.0%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 11.66 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 40.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: 2177 note: see --pkg apt: 2161 lib: 1050 flatpak: 16 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
Info:      Processes: 256 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 3 Memory: 11.67 GiB used: 4.48 GiB (38.4%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#2 Post by j2mcgreg »

Replace the battery in the wireless mouse.
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#3 Post by tb75252 »

j2mcgreg wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:21 pm Replace the battery in the wireless mouse.
Unfortunately, that's not the solution! If it were the battery, I would also have problems with the login screen...
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#4 Post by j2mcgreg »

tb75252 wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:31 pm
j2mcgreg wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:21 pm Replace the battery in the wireless mouse.
Unfortunately, that's not the solution! If it were the battery, I would also have problems with the login screen...
When AA batteries are on the way out, they can still have enough residual power to last through the log in screen, but then die by the time the desktop launches. If a new battery doesn't fix the problem, consider the mouse dead. The M325 mice can only be dropped on the floor so many times before they give up the ghost. I know, I have a cat.
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#5 Post by Stevo »

Does it work for another user if you create and log in as them?
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#6 Post by Tom Dooley »

Either do the reverse using the working mouse (select the other one from dropdown and turn it on)

or just delete this file and reboot (mouse settings will revert to defaults):

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~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/pointers.xml
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#7 Post by tb75252 »

j2mcgreg wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:43 pm
tb75252 wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:31 pm
j2mcgreg wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:21 pm Replace the battery in the wireless mouse.
Unfortunately, that's not the solution! If it were the battery, I would also have problems with the login screen...
When AA batteries are on the way out, they can still have enough residual power to last through the log in screen, but then die by the time the desktop launches. If a new battery doesn't fix the problem, consider the mouse dead. The M325 mice can only be dropped on the floor so many times before they give up the ghost. I know, I have a cat.
Hi. I inserted a brand-new battery but the mouse still freezes after the login screen. But that's the weird part. It works up to and including the login screen and after the OS GUI has loaded it freezes. I must have done the damage when I moved the slide that I was talking about to the off position.
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#8 Post by Stevo »

OK, This is pretty simple. I'm running KDE, but brought up the XFCE settings manager.

That slider disables the device shown in the Devices pulldown. Using the corded mouse, select the wireless mouse device and move the slider back to the "On" position (lights up to some color other than grey).

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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#9 Post by tb75252 »

Stevo wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:52 pm Does it work for another user if you create and log in as them?
Would these be the correct commands to create another user? (Let's say that the new username is jane)

$ sudo useradd jane
$ sudo passwd jane

How would I delete jane once I have tested the result?
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Re: Mouse No Longer Working

#10 Post by CharlesV »

MX User manager or

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sudo userdel jane
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