GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 766070
Mouse stuck when gnome-software is started at start-up
Last modified: 2016-08-15 10:57:19 UTC
If gnome-software is started in the background at start-up, the mouse is stuck and the cursor cannot be moved, for the following hardware: ID 15d9:0a4c Trust International B.V. USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse If /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop is removed and the system restarted, the mouse starts working. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1578317
This isn't a gnome-software problem; it could be caused by fwupd probing the system at gnome-software startup, but the root problem is a kernel issue IMHO.
I have recently upgrades two systems. On a laptop system this problem does not occur, on my desk top system it does. On my desktop it caused loss of cursor during login until I removed from autostart, now cursor freezes if I start gnome-software. Is there a way to disable fwupd to test the hypothesis that this is the cause?