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I have a usb Microsoft mouse that works fine on Windows, but on Ubuntu it stops working if I stop using it for three seconds (literally, I counted). At this point, I am unable to move it, I have to click, almost as if it wake the mouse up. And that sucks because apparently that click is a legit click and I end up closing out of stuff sometimes...

Anyway, please help if you've ran into this sort of problem before. I know that there's a chance that this is just an unsolvable hardware issue that I might just have to live with (or write a driver).

Thanks in advance for your time.

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I have exactly the same problem. Never had it with previous Ubuntus or previous computers (same microsoft usb mouse). Did you find a solution at the end ? – rodrigob Mar 14 at 17:11

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