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   Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Oct-2025 17:04:44 JST Peter Krefting

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   • Saustrup

   @saustrup Have you tried using it in Bluetooth mode? I am running mine over Bluetooth, and it wakes up my Debian Trixie workstation just fine (it just takes a couple of seconds to reconnect).

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     Saustrup (saustrup@mstdn.dk)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Oct-2025 17:04:45 JST Saustrup

     I've been using the #Kensington #ExpertMouse wireless trackball for ages now, and I'm super happy with it. It does #Bluetooth as well as proprietary with a dongle and at home I'm using the dongle. Here's the weird thing - my #Linux workstation often refuses to wake up by pressing the keyboard until I take out the trackball dongle and plug it back in. It's like it's locking up the #USB stack somehow. It's been like this across different distros and kernels (currently #Debian unstable), and AFAIK it doesn't do this under Windows. USB device is 047d:8018 - "Kensington Expert Wireless Trackball Mouse (K72359WW)".

     Tips or theories? There is a wired version that might safe me some grief at the home office, but I'd prefer not having to replace it just yet.