USB-wireless peripheral problems

[Colin Law]

On 11 February 2014 16:58, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
> I have a Microsoft wireless keyboard & mouse and since a few kernel updates
> (I guess since November) first my mouse but now also my keyboard stops
> working. I have reverted to a cables peripherals which work normally. I
> therefore suspect something in a driver has changed as the wired peripherals
> work.
> Has anybody a clue? The only remedy to let it work is a reboot. Has anybody
> an idea how to reset the driver? The strange stung is also that, although I
> have removed the receiver (USB-port) lsusb still shows the receiver as
> mounted:

Are you sure it is not a hardware problem?  Try it in a different usb
socket and if possible try it on a different PC.

Colin