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Every time I plug in any wired mouse recently, I get similar to the below on VCS1:

[1443270.286164] usb 6-1: new low-speed USB device number 15 using uhci_hcd
[1443270.454270] usb 6-1: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0083
[1443270.461874] usb 6-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[1443270.469328] usb 6-1: Product: Basic Optical Mouse
[1443270.476877] usb 6-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[1443270.501140] input: Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input26
[1443270.509327] hid-generic 0003:045E:0083.000F: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0

.. but no mouse functionality.

The last time I spent some trying to solve this, the final line that is now missing from the above, was No input driver specified, ignoring this device

I haven't tried a computer reboot, because I am interested in using this opportunity to become more acquainted with the mouse subsystem(s) of Linux.

Found Restart USB mouse driver? while writing up this question, but not sure how to try steps 2 & 3 of what this OP tried (Have restarted X, however - No change).

What should I look at next?

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  • You should look at your X configuration (if you still have one, and its not all auto-probed), and possibly udev. Does X show anything in its logs? What does xinput list show? – derobert Oct 03 '13 at 21:55
  • Sorry - What should I be looking for in the X Config file (Which is where?); Where is the X logs, and the xinput.list? – user66001 Oct 03 '13 at 21:57
  • X config would be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. X logs are /var/log/Xorg.*.log. xinput list is a command you run inside an xterm (or gnome-terminal, or konsole, etc.) – derobert Oct 03 '13 at 21:58
  • By the way, please remember to go and accept the answer that you got to your other question. Assuming it answered it that is but your comments seem to imply that it did. – terdon Oct 03 '13 at 22:06
  • derobert - I don't have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf (./X11 Directory just contains XVESA, app-defaults, fs & xkb directories); /var/log/Xorg.0.log only contains entries about the touchpad; Running xinput in ROXTerm reports command not found @terdon - Unfortunately there is still clarifications in the comments, that haven't been answered, and feel that would complete the answer to the question, being the reason I haven't done so yet. – user66001 Oct 03 '13 at 22:28
  • @user66001 Not sure which distro you're running, but it should have a package for xinput. Install it. [BTW: If you leave off the @-sign, I don't get notified of new comments. Yeah, the limit of only one person notified per message is annoying...] – derobert Oct 03 '13 at 22:47
  • @derobert - Okay. Can I ask what xinput is likely to give me, in the way of help on this issue? Sorry about the lack of the @ - Had thought when writing my response, that it was a comment to your answer :( Agree on the 1 person notified - I really do wonder why this rule exists. – user66001 Oct 03 '13 at 23:19
  • @user66001 xinput will tell you which input devices X sees, and what its using them for. Here are examples from two of my machines: http://pastebin.com/kn0wYYRr – derobert Oct 03 '13 at 23:22
  • @derobert - Thanks. Just out of curiosity - Is there any other way of getting this info? – user66001 Oct 03 '13 at 23:38
  • Probably there is some other way. Is there some reason you can't install xinput? – derobert Oct 04 '13 at 01:01
  • @derobert - The problem happens to have occurred on a live distro, which is running a large recovery process on, but has no package manager. After doing a bit of research through google, I couldn't tell if this tool is just something you run, or there is more intertwining with the OS involved. – user66001 Oct 04 '13 at 04:11

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