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Everything was going fine but after updating my system by 

sudo apt-get update

My USB mouse is not working like before. I tried on various port and other bluetooth mouse too but still the result is the same.

NB: My touchpad is working fine and laptop model is ASUS i7.

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    sudo apt-get update does nothing but syncing the remote repo package names with local one..it has absolutely no impact on any other part of the system let alone updating the system.. – heemayl Mar 09 '16 at 04:26
  • but what can be the possible problem? it was working fine but suddenly not :( – sharif2008 Mar 09 '16 at 04:27
  • Start by checking the relevant logs e.g. /var/log/syslog and /var/log/kern.log ..also just to be sure check if those mice are not faulty.. – heemayl Mar 09 '16 at 04:29
  • no, the same mouse is working in the other pc eg. windows 7 – sharif2008 Mar 09 '16 at 04:33
  • this one helped me : http://askubuntu.com/questions/506673/usb-mouse-not-working-after-unplug-plug-in-14-04?rq=1 – sharif2008 Mar 09 '16 at 05:02
  • Cool. If you want you can also put an answer how was the issue resolved so that future readers can take help from that.. – heemayl Mar 09 '16 at 05:05
  • I have solved the problem from here : http://askubuntu.com/a/743481/332166 – sharif2008 Mar 09 '16 at 08:50

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In my case, I have solved my problem with this solution : https://askubuntu.com/a/743481/332166

This happens because the power management switches off usb devices in order to save power after a certain period of inactivity. Although there are solutions to solve this manually I recommend to install software called tlp.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install tlp
$ sudo tlp start
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