PI - Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000

My first posting – and my first problem report.

I bought this mouse today, because it is cheap, has a good quality and the wheel is pretty well suited (soft click) for the three button mouse needed for the RISC OS.

→ Adding this mouse to the Raspberry PI (either directly or via Hub) and RISC OS starts to the desktop and after several seconds the system does not respond any more – neither keyboard nor the mouse is working any more. The system does not respond even if I do not touch the mouse and leave the system alone.

Should I add this to the bugs database myself – or why is this forum for ?

Adding this mouse to the Raspberry PI (either directly or via Hub) and RISC OS starts to the desktop and after several seconds the system does not respond any more – neither keyboard nor the mouse is working any more. The system does not respond even if I do not touch the mouse and leave the system alone.

I think you need to be more specific about the installed version of RISC OS – v5.19 but what date stamp? IIRC people mentioned problems with USB mice and keyboards a few revisions back. Bear in mind that 5.19 is bleeding edge and new versions appear fairly regularly.

Loads of people have reported problems with Microsoft mice. They maybe cheap for the quality but there’s something that stops them working properly with the Pi. I think that the more generic & cheap the mouse is, the more it is likely to work with the Pi. I have a cheapo Asda keyboard/mouse (wireless) and have had no problems whatsoever.