Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 07:51:51 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Gallagher, Mick" <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mouse gets lost! Message-ID: <20000503075151.A28844@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <D76D503DE976D1119C7E00A0C944D87501CA7F7D@RSYS002A>; from mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk on Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:35:10AM %2B0100 References: <D76D503DE976D1119C7E00A0C944D87501CA7F7D@RSYS002A>
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* Gallagher, Mick <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk> [000503 03:07] wrote: > Hi All, > > I run two PC's, and share my mouse, keyboard and monitor between them. > > Rather than unplugging the monitor etc. every time I want to connect to the > other PC, I use a simple data transfer switch instead. (By simple, I mean > that it doesn't support mouse/keyboard emulation on the 'unused' ports). > > However, if I switch the keyboard and mouse from the FreeBSD box, then back > again, FreeBSD cannot see the mouse. This is also true if restart the X > server. In fact, nothing other than a reboot will do! (Note that > reconnection of the keyboard works fine, though). > > The alternative is to have a separate mouse for both machines, but surely a > more elegant solution exists... > > And so my question: Is there some way I can get FreeBSD to 're-see' the > mouse after a disconnection/reconnection? There's a good chance this is a result of bad hardware, either the switch or your PS/2 mouse port acting flakey. However, a workaround may exist; instead of having X user /dev/psm0, you should run the 'moused' daemon, then whenever the mouse becomes unresponsive you can kill and restart moused. I'm not sure it will help you out, but when the NT folk over here would steal my mouse it worked when simply plugging the mouse back in didn't. good luck, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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