Oddly that was my answer to the problem as well..
It seems to me that the usb device number changes?  So it is seen as a 
different mouse? I've been too lazy as well..


On Friday 25 October 2002 12:46 pm, Matt Alexander wrote:
> I have the same problem on my laptop and I've been too lazy to figure out
> a permanent fix.  The temporary fix for me is to switch to a console, and
> then back to X.  My mouse is miraculously found again.
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F1
> Alt-F7
>
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Scott H wrote:
> > On my Dell Inspiron 4000 I can hit a key
> > combination to put the unit into "suspend" mode.
> > This works fine, and the unit goes down and comes
> > back fine -- except... the USB mouse I use never
> > comes back.  So after a suspend, I'm left with
> > the mousepad.  Does anyone know how to get
> > Mandrake 8.2 to see the mouse again?  Or is this
> > just too much suspense for Mandrake?  (sorry  :)
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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