From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 11171 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2023 02:48:07 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 21 Jul 2023 02:48:07 -0000 Received: from gaff.inri.net ([168.235.71.243]) by 9front; Thu Jul 20 22:46:33 -0400 2023 Message-ID: <3A7445405C18FBF8566C2468E60FD0E4@gaff.inri.net> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 22:46:18 -0400 From: sl@stanleylieber.com To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: <861A0E1F-52BF-42C5-AF7B-41EF54EDB4A4@stanleylieber.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: decentralized CSS-oriented rich-client method-aware rich-client-scale just-in-time-aware database Subject: Re: [9front] mnt reform trackball stops responding Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk >> Actually I had the same problem (but also problems with the screen) > > and this was done: >> https://community.mnt.re/t/trackball-v2-with-rp2040-requires-a-trace-cut/1473 >> Although it was the other way around for me, I usually connected >> any external mouse after the internal trackball stopped working >> > > thanks! my trackball came from crowd supply just a couple of weeks > ago. i believe it is a 2.0, but i'll have to check to make sure. i checked. it is a 2.0. > yeah, there seems to be some general usb flakiness when things are > plugged/unplugged in/out of multiple ports. i don't recall having > this problem on other systems, but then again, none of my thinkpads' > keyboards/trackpoints are usb internally, so maybe i just never > triggered it or never noticed. one notable aspect of my specific experience is that nothing goes wrong so long as i don't mess with the usb ports. every instance of the trackball and/or keyboard stopping working was in conjunction with something being plugged into or unplugged from a usb port. i didn't realize the correlation was so consistent until after writing my original message and performing additional tests. sl