[ale] Trouble-shooting Mouse freezing

[Boris Borisov]

I have one bad port on my PC. If I plug flash drive and try to save
something it scrambles everything.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2025, 09:27 Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On 12/5/25 02:20, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:45:45 -0500
> > Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Running XFCE on Fedora 37, and for the past couple of weeks my mouse
> >> will occasionally freeze. The fix is to unseat the USB connection and
> >> reseat it, but I'm not seeing any common event happening to trigger
> >> the issue. I'm not seeing anything in /var/log/messages, but then
> >> again I'm not sure what to look for, either. Same for systemd logging.
> >>
> >> Suggestions on where to start?
> >
> > If you haven't replaced your mouse's battery for more than a month, do
> > it now with a high quality alkaline battery. It might not fix the
> > problem, but it's one less variable to have to consider.
> >
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > Featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
> > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
>
> Wired USB. It seems to happen randomly, some days no issues, other days
> two or three times a day.
>
>
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