USB mouse lag with XFCE on Ubuntu 18.04, Xorg display
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I upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, and disabled Wayland and enabled the Xorg display. I use the xfce desktop on a Lenovo T430s. After a few seconds of inactivity, my Logitech USB mouse is unresponsive until I move it around for a couple of seconds and/or depress a button or the center wheel. The problem is "fixed" by unplugging and re-plugging in the USB dongle ... until the next reboot.
- The problem does not happen with the default ubuntu desktop.
- The problem does not depend on which USB port the dongle is plugged
in to. - The same behavior occurs for two different Logitech mouse/dongle
pairs. - I never had this issue using xfce with ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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I upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, and disabled Wayland and enabled the Xorg display. I use the xfce desktop on a Lenovo T430s. After a few seconds of inactivity, my Logitech USB mouse is unresponsive until I move it around for a couple of seconds and/or depress a button or the center wheel. The problem is "fixed" by unplugging and re-plugging in the USB dongle ... until the next reboot.
- The problem does not happen with the default ubuntu desktop.
- The problem does not depend on which USB port the dongle is plugged
in to. - The same behavior occurs for two different Logitech mouse/dongle
pairs. - I never had this issue using xfce with ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
usb mouse xfce
asked May 9 at 0:26
John Doe
62
I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositoriessudo apt install comptonbut the rest of the instructions are still valid.
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I upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, and disabled Wayland and enabled the Xorg display. I use the xfce desktop on a Lenovo T430s. After a few seconds of inactivity, my Logitech USB mouse is unresponsive until I move it around for a couple of seconds and/or depress a button or the center wheel. The problem is "fixed" by unplugging and re-plugging in the USB dongle ... until the next reboot.
- The problem does not happen with the default ubuntu desktop.
- The problem does not depend on which USB port the dongle is plugged
in to. - The same behavior occurs for two different Logitech mouse/dongle
pairs. - I never had this issue using xfce with ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
usb mouse xfce
asked May 9 at 0:26
John Doe
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I upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, and disabled Wayland and enabled the Xorg display. I use the xfce desktop on a Lenovo T430s. After a few seconds of inactivity, my Logitech USB mouse is unresponsive until I move it around for a couple of seconds and/or depress a button or the center wheel. The problem is "fixed" by unplugging and re-plugging in the USB dongle ... until the next reboot.
- The problem does not happen with the default ubuntu desktop.
- The problem does not depend on which USB port the dongle is plugged
in to. - The same behavior occurs for two different Logitech mouse/dongle
pairs. - I never had this issue using xfce with ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
usb mouse xfce
asked May 9 at 0:26
John Doe
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John Doe
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asked May 9 at 0:26
John Doe
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I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositoriessudo apt install comptonbut the rest of the instructions are still valid.
– Terrance
May 9 at 0:39
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I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositoriessudo apt install comptonbut the rest of the instructions are still valid.
– Terrance
May 9 at 0:39
I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositories
sudo apt install compton but the rest of the instructions are still valid.– Terrance
May 9 at 0:39
I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositories
sudo apt install compton but the rest of the instructions are still valid.– Terrance
May 9 at 0:39
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I finally figured out the problem, which is not likely to affect anyone else in the universe, but here's the solution anyway. As part of an autostart script for Xfce, I was using powertop to make power-saving adjustments (powertop --auto-tune). This included power management for the USB Logitech receiver, which caused the USB mouse to fall asleep after a few seconds of inactivity.
I replaced my powertop command with an excellent script (https://askubuntu.com/a/1026527/824514) that autotunes powertop but subsequently disables power management for USB devices using the Human Interface Device driver.
I don't know why I didn't have this problem in ubuntu 16.04, nor do I care to think about it.
Thanks to Ric Klaren for the script, and to Chris Pavlovich at Oregon State University for helping me identify the problem.
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I finally figured out the problem, which is not likely to affect anyone else in the universe, but here's the solution anyway. As part of an autostart script for Xfce, I was using powertop to make power-saving adjustments (powertop --auto-tune). This included power management for the USB Logitech receiver, which caused the USB mouse to fall asleep after a few seconds of inactivity.
I replaced my powertop command with an excellent script (https://askubuntu.com/a/1026527/824514) that autotunes powertop but subsequently disables power management for USB devices using the Human Interface Device driver.
I don't know why I didn't have this problem in ubuntu 16.04, nor do I care to think about it.
Thanks to Ric Klaren for the script, and to Chris Pavlovich at Oregon State University for helping me identify the problem.
answered May 12 at 1:06
John Doe
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I finally figured out the problem, which is not likely to affect anyone else in the universe, but here's the solution anyway. As part of an autostart script for Xfce, I was using powertop to make power-saving adjustments (powertop --auto-tune). This included power management for the USB Logitech receiver, which caused the USB mouse to fall asleep after a few seconds of inactivity.
I replaced my powertop command with an excellent script (https://askubuntu.com/a/1026527/824514) that autotunes powertop but subsequently disables power management for USB devices using the Human Interface Device driver.
I don't know why I didn't have this problem in ubuntu 16.04, nor do I care to think about it.
Thanks to Ric Klaren for the script, and to Chris Pavlovich at Oregon State University for helping me identify the problem.
answered May 12 at 1:06
John Doe
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I finally figured out the problem, which is not likely to affect anyone else in the universe, but here's the solution anyway. As part of an autostart script for Xfce, I was using powertop to make power-saving adjustments (powertop --auto-tune). This included power management for the USB Logitech receiver, which caused the USB mouse to fall asleep after a few seconds of inactivity.
I replaced my powertop command with an excellent script (https://askubuntu.com/a/1026527/824514) that autotunes powertop but subsequently disables power management for USB devices using the Human Interface Device driver.
I don't know why I didn't have this problem in ubuntu 16.04, nor do I care to think about it.
Thanks to Ric Klaren for the script, and to Chris Pavlovich at Oregon State University for helping me identify the problem.
answered May 12 at 1:06
John Doe
62
I finally figured out the problem, which is not likely to affect anyone else in the universe, but here's the solution anyway. As part of an autostart script for Xfce, I was using powertop to make power-saving adjustments (powertop --auto-tune). This included power management for the USB Logitech receiver, which caused the USB mouse to fall asleep after a few seconds of inactivity.
I replaced my powertop command with an excellent script (https://askubuntu.com/a/1026527/824514) that autotunes powertop but subsequently disables power management for USB devices using the Human Interface Device driver.
I don't know why I didn't have this problem in ubuntu 16.04, nor do I care to think about it.
Thanks to Ric Klaren for the script, and to Chris Pavlovich at Oregon State University for helping me identify the problem.
answered May 12 at 1:06
John Doe
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answered May 12 at 1:06
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I am spitballing here because I am not 100% sure what your issue is. I use Xfce4 and I won't go to any other DE. Maybe use Compton duncanlock.net/blog/2013/06/07/… instead of xfwm4 as the compositor. In the instructions, just install compton without adding any repositories
sudo apt install comptonbut the rest of the instructions are still valid.– Terrance
May 9 at 0:39