From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: when installing packages (from KDE or Gnome) by simple double clicking them... occasionally my usb mouse will die. I've spoken with another rh8 user and they experienced all usb devices failing. We both discovered that we are using AMD Athlon XP processors (not sure if this matters). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. find a package using your WM's file manager (ex Nautilus in gnome) 2. double click the package to begin installation 3. enter root password for priviledge 4. Install the package -- this is where the usb devices seem to die.. mid-install. about 80% of the time or so. Actual Results: usb mouse dies. Others have reported total failure on the USB. Expected Results: package should have installed. Additional info:
We don't do anything weird in redhat-config-packages that would affect the USB bus -- we don't do any exotic probing or hardware twiddling of any sort.
I have experienced the same exact problem with my Microsoft USB mouse. I use Fedora Core 1 though, and I also have an Athalon Processor (not XP). My mouse also dies during boot up. To avoid this fiasco, I unplug the thing, and then put it back in when I'm at the prompt after everything has loaded.
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