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Date:      Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:49:34 +1000
From:      Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net>
To:        "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: moused problem
Message-ID:  <43FE9E6E.9020803@open-networks.net>
In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0602232005m2d332f05qa87ad672391c80c7@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <43FE51E8.5060403@open-networks.net> <d7195cff0602232005m2d332f05qa87ad672391c80c7@mail.gmail.com>

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illoai@gmail.com wrote:
> On 2/23/06, Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net> wrote:
>   
>> hi there when i disconnect my mouse from the ps2 port, when i go to
>> reconnect it i find my mouse has stopped working. when i restart moused
>> it works again, but i find that my scroll wheel no longer works in X.
>> any ideas how i can prevent this from happening all together?
>>     
>
> I do think that ps2 mouses aren't always hot-pluggable, but
> I'm uncertain.  xorg 6.9 and moused -z 4 don't seem to play
> nicely, I had to take the -z 4 flag out for scroll wheel to work
> again.
> I also discovered that some cheap KVMs (belkin omni cube) throw
> up a lot of random noise when you switch ports, and mouses
> can do odd and not fun things when you reconnect (up to and
> inclusing freezing X and panicking the system).
>
> If yours isn't related to that maybe it's just your momma
> board not likin' the hot swappin' and is tryin' to tell you to
> quit it.
>
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if i used a usb mouse would i see this problem, if this is the case?



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