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paulnotes

Mouse problem

Post by paulnotes »

Hello all.:)
I finally installed Linux Mint onto my old laptop last week after months of thinking about it. It all going well so far.:)
One slight problem has cropped up.
I bought myself a wireless optical mouse which is compatible with Linux. It works well, except when i reboot. It stops working on start up. Its very easy to fix, I simply remove the USB receiver and then put it back in again.
Is there any way I can get Linux to recognize the mouse when I start the laptop, rather than having to continually reinsert the usb stick?
Many thanks
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Re: Mouse problem

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paulnotes wrote: ⤴Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:28 am ... old laptop ...

Is there any way I can get Linux to recognize the mouse when I start the laptop, rather than having to continually reinsert the usb stick?
Many thanks
Check your machine's BIOS for an option called xhci handoff or similar. Toggle its setting to on if it's off, and off if it's on. Try that.
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paulnotes

Re: Mouse problem

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Hi
Thanks for the quick reply.
I installed Linux on a HP pavilion g6 laptop with 4gb of Ram and an intel i3 cpu. It originally came with windows 7...
I couldnt find any reference to xhci handoff in the BIOS, just an option to boot from a floppy or a CD-ROM. I enabled the floppy option, with no luck.There was also an "internal Network Adapter Boot" option which is disabled. Is there something Ive missed?
Any thoughts?
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Lord Boltar

Re: Mouse problem

Post by Lord Boltar »

paulnotes wrote: ⤴Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:04 am Hi
Thanks for the quick reply.
I installed Linux on a HP pavilion g6 laptop with 4gb of Ram and an intel i3 cpu. It originally came with windows 7...
I couldnt find any reference to xhci handoff in the BIOS, just an option to boot from a floppy or a CD-ROM. I enabled the floppy option, with no luck.There was also an "internal Network Adapter Boot" option which is disabled. Is there something Ive missed?
Any thoughts?
Usually the setting is under Legacy USB Support for Intel
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