Have to unplug USB mouse to get it to work

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John Bailo

I have a logitech USB mouse and USB Logitech Gamepad precision II.

When I boot my machine, the mouse is frozen.

I have to unplug the mouse from the USB port and plug it back in.

Then it works.

Same with the Gamepad.

It will not register unless I unplug it after booting and plug it back
in again.

What is the problem?
 
N

norm

I have a logitech USB mouse and USB Logitech Gamepad precision II.

When I boot my machine, the mouse is frozen.

I have to unplug the mouse from the USB port and plug it back in.

Then it works.

Same with the Gamepad.

It will not register unless I unplug it after booting and plug it back
in again.

What is the problem?
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Windows.
 
P

Phisherman

Windows.
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I used to have an eMac that did the same thing. I found out that it
had to do with the USB hub I was using. You might want to try another
USB port.
 
N

NoStop

I have a logitech USB mouse and USB Logitech Gamepad precision II.

When I boot my machine, the mouse is frozen.

I have to unplug the mouse from the USB port and plug it back in.

Then it works.

Same with the Gamepad.

It will not register unless I unplug it after booting and plug it back
in again.

What is the problem?
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The problem is Windoze. Same thing happens here if I boot this toy operating
system with the webcam plugged in. Only recognized if I unplug it and plug
it in again after Windoze is running. Frankly, Windoze is brain-dead when
it comes to USB. Users experience constant problems with Windoze ability to
properly use USB devices. They work for awhile and then mysteriously stop
working, requiring users to wade through "try this, try that solutions" to
get the damn thing working properly again. Maybe it'll be fixed in Fista?
Surely, at some stage MickeyMouse will get it right? They've have had years
to practise and have the fattest bank accounts of any software company in
the world.

--
The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
R

rockwell

NoStop said:
The problem is Windoze. Same thing happens here if I boot this toy operating
system with the webcam plugged in. Only recognized if I unplug it and plug
it in again after Windoze is running. Frankly, Windoze is brain-dead when
it comes to USB. Users experience constant problems with Windoze ability to
properly use USB devices. They work for awhile and then mysteriously stop
working, requiring users to wade through "try this, try that solutions" to
get the damn thing working properly again. Maybe it'll be fixed in Fista?
Surely, at some stage MickeyMouse will get it right? They've have had years
to practise and have the fattest bank accounts of any software company in
the world.
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So, how easy is it to get a USB device, say a webcam, to work in Linux?
 
N

NoStop

So, how easy is it to get a USB device, say a webcam, to work in Linux?
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Depends if there is a driver available for the particular webcam. If there
is, it'll run fine under Linux. One should check out all hardware
requirements for any operating system one wants to run before purchasing
the hardware device. Since these hardware devices tend to be proprietary,
Linux developers have to reverse engineer open source drivers if the
manufacturers don't provide the drivers directly. It's pretty astonishing
just how successful they've been coming up with open source drivers for
most of the hardware out there now. But, still not all YET. Today there are
probably more hardware drivers working on Linux than is available for
64-bit Windows XP.




--
WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?:

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
R

Rockwell

NoStop said:
Depends if there is a driver available for the particular webcam. If there
is, it'll run fine under Linux. One should check out all hardware
requirements for any operating system one wants to run before purchasing
the hardware device. Since these hardware devices tend to be proprietary,
Linux developers have to reverse engineer open source drivers if the
manufacturers don't provide the drivers directly. It's pretty astonishing
just how successful they've been coming up with open source drivers for
most of the hardware out there now. But, still not all YET. Today there are
probably more hardware drivers working on Linux than is available for
64-bit Windows XP.
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Gotcha. That is one of the few places I'm still having issues. Thanks.
 
J

Joan Archer

Perhaps it's a Windows problem for you but I have no problems with any of
the USB devices I use on this Windows System.
Joan
 
F

Frank

rockwell wrote:
|| NoStop wrote:
||| On Friday 07 July 2006 10:21 am, John Bailo had this to say in
||| microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
|||
||||
|||| What is the problem?
|||
||| The problem is Windoze. Same thing happens here if I boot this toy
||| operating system with the webcam plugged in. Only recognized if I
||| unplug it and plug it in again after Windoze is running. Frankly,
||| Windoze is brain-dead when it comes to USB. Users experience
||| constant problems with Windoze ability to properly use USB devices.
||| They work for awhile and then mysteriously stop working, requiring
||| users to wade through "try this, try that solutions" to get the
||| damn thing working properly again. Maybe it'll be fixed in Fista?
||| Surely, at some stage MickeyMouse will get it right? They've have
||| had years to practise and have the fattest bank accounts of any
||| software company in the world.
|||
||
|| So, how easy is it to get a USB device, say a webcam, to work in
|| Linux?

Plug it in. Skype will do audio/video.

Read the pages below. I installed this in a P4 2.266, 1GB RAM, Radeon
9200,
SB Audigy, headseat, Intel camera. everything worked. I don't care for
games
on a PC. Use a playstation.

http://www.xandros.com/
 
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NoStop

Perhaps it's a Windows problem for you but I have no problems with any of
the USB devices I use on this Windows System.
Joan
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Look you top posting dimwit, the OP reported the problem on Windoze XP and
not on other o/s's he's running. I confirmed the same thing. Good for you
that you don't have the problem. Want to add anything to the discussion
that contributes, other than the silly one you've just posted?

--
WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?:

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
J

John Bailo

Mouse frozeen or not responding with Windows XP read this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321122

HTH
Please let us know
Regards
nass
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Ok, I finally got around to following the instructions in this KB
article...which, while tedious, worked to a tee!

Not only that, but it improved my boot up time to XP from minutes to
/seconds/ !

I have not yet reinstalled the Logitech drivers, and am just using the
XP selected drivers installed on boot after the registry clean.

So far, so good.

Thank you very much and thanks to the article writer for a clear step by
step presentation of a very elaborate topic.
 
J

John Bailo

John said:
So far, so good.

Thank you very much and thanks to the article writer for a clear step by
step presentation of a very elaborate topic.
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Ok, I take it all back.

After getting it to boot clean once, I turned off the machine. Coming
back to it now, not only did it take forever for XP to load (5 minutes)
but the mouse still ended up frozen on the screen.

I had to unplug the usb cord, and plug it back in to get it to register.

What a bunch of work for nothing...
 
J

John Bailo

John said:
Ok, I take it all back.

After getting it to boot clean once, I turned off the machine. Coming
back to it now, not only did it take forever for XP to load (5 minutes)
but the mouse still ended up frozen on the screen.

I had to unplug the usb cord, and plug it back in to get it to register.

What a bunch of work for nothing...
Click to expand...

Ok, now it's working.

I had to reinstall the official logitech driver and now the mouse
registers on boot w/o me having to replug it.
 

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