Wireless Mouse problems Kernel 3.19.X

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I am currently running Linux Mint 17.2 while using a wireless logitech trackball. With kernals 3.16.X everything works perfectly. When I boot using any of the 3.19.X kernels available the mouse does not function. I have used " lsusb " and found the receiver is detected. After this I found some search results claiming the idle timeout was the issue. I have since changed the idle timeout and the checked the status. Any help with getting my wireless trackball to work with the 3.19.X kernels would be appreciated.

cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
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lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1b1c:1b09 Corsair
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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Having that said, Logitech only supports Unifying software for Windows and Mac OS X. For Linux, I have created the ltunify tool which is described in detail on my article Logitech Unifying for Linux: Reverse Engineering and unpairing tool. Quick installation installations if you are in a hurry:

Read the rest with the instructions here.

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Tried with no luck. The programs and wireless mouse work just fine on 3.16.X. Once I boot into the 3.19.X kernels it stops. Is there something with the way usb functions that changed between these kernels?

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Finally got this to work with kernel 3.19.0-18-generic. I tried with 3.19.0-25 with no joy. Restarted in -18 a few times and it just started to work after a short delay. Thanks for the help.

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im glad you got it working