Comment 20 for bug 571534

Ok, I think this is the first time I recovered from this kind of freeze, partly thanks to this comment:

> does anyone know the fix for ubuntu 10.04?
> Ive seen this problem with many many
> distro's and have been unable to find a fix
> for ubuntu. It appears to be a problem with
> the usb port, if i unplug my mouse dongle
> and move it to a diff usb port the problem
> seems to go away, until it happens again.

from 'Keep getting "Could not grab your mouse" error messag' -
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/keep-getting-could-not-grab-your-mouse-error-messag-698766/

So, the mouse (in this case the 'MX Revolution Cordless Mouse') froze, and first thing I did was go to first console via Alt-F1, logged in there, and issued:

$ sudo modprobe -r usbhid
$ sudo modprobe usbhid

This recovered the clicking, once I was back at the desktop, for a short while - but then it started failing again...

After that, I unplugged the USB dongle, and plugged it back in - and now it seems the mouse responds to clicks in a more stable fashion... (I'm rebooting now anyways - but at least its nice being able to save your work :) )

Well, hope this may help,
Cheers!