Comment # 12 on bug 1200983 from Michael Hirmke

(In reply to Stefan Dirsch from comment #10)
> Thanks for testing. Indeed this makes it a kernel issue. You could also test
> the mouse on the Linux console via 'evtest /dev/input/eventXX', but this is
> a bit complicated to figure out the right device. So I only wanted to
> mention keyboard here.

Keyboard and mouse both have problems one the console, too.
The keyboard vanishes after a few seconds and returns, as soon as a key is
pressed, but the first keypress is not shown. The mouse never works on the
console - no events are shown.