Mouse goes to sleep

[R Kimber]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:52:50 +0100
"Thomas Beckett" <thomas.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:

> > However, if I leave the mouse for a longer period it seems to go to
> > sleep (although the screen is still active) and when I move it the
> > pointer does not start moving again for a second or two.  I find
> > this disconcerting.

> Is this a wireless mouse by any chance?
> Most wireless mice have this 'feature' - when the mouse is inactive
> they turn the LED off underneath and stop the wireless signal to
> preserve the batteries, reactivating them again when it detects the
> mouse being moved.

Sorry, I should have said it is an optical PS/2 mouse.  Maybe
something, somewhere, is assuming it's a wireless mouse?

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/