[Bug 20125] USB mouse freezing under Xorg with linux-image-2.6.12

[OfficeLinebacker]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/20125

Comment:
I was referred to this page from ubuntuforums.org.  The thread is here:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=127027

My problem may be a bit different;  it happens only after several hours
of disuse.  For example, when I use the computer before going to bed,
everything works fine.  Then go to sleep, wake up, have to ubplug/plug
back in.  Same goes for when I come back from work.

My solution is to keep an Xterm open with the following commands in
history:

sudo modprobe -r uhci_hcd

sudo modprobe uhci_hcd

Then hit the space bar to get the display back, alt-tab to the terminal,
enter those two commands, and the mouse is back.

It beats having to root around at the back of the computer.

I suppose a more automated workaround would be to have those two
commands run in cron every 5 hours or so.