External USB keyboard/mouse lags

T-O7 · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: External USB keyboard/mouse lags

Hi,

Recently I bought a usb keyboard and mouse for my laptop to use at home. They both seem to work fine until I leave the computer idle for a while. After that, the usb keyboard and mouse will be laggy. The keyboard and touchpad on the laptop, though, would still be perfectly okay. I'm not sure if it's a kernel problem or what, does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks.

Skymotz · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 36

Hi!

Have you tried them on another computer? I once had a dvb-t reciever which locked up usb because my usb did not give enough power to it, also after some time, not at pluggin in.

T-O7 · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject:

Hi,

No, I haven't tried them on another computer. My laptop's on dual boot with Windows, and there's never any lag on Windows. I do have both the keyboard and mouse connected to a 4-port usb hub, i hope that's not the reason it starts to lag after some time...

T-O7 · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

*bump

T-O7 · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:15 am Post subject:

After unplugging the usb hub and connecting the keyboard and mouse directly to the laptop, neither of them seem to lag anymore (even after idling for a while). So I guess it's an issue with the usb hub. But still, when connected to the hub, the keyboard and mouse don't lag initially in linux, and *never* lag in windows.....so i'm hoping there's a better fix than to not use my hub.