Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> Two of my machines have USB mice.  On occasion, and without apparent 
> cause, the system will stop seeing any mouse events.  Usually, 
> unplugging the mouse and reconnecting it will solve the problem; 
> sometimes, though, I have to reboot.  Any suggestions on the cause (or 
> a fix)?  

I see this on my dual AMD box all the time, both while it's idle and 
while I'm using it.

I notice that the mouse "disappears" then immediately re-attaches, so 
all I do is switch to a text virtual console using control-alt-F1, then 
back into X with control-alt-F5.

--Michael