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. > > -- > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > if i used a usb mouse would i see this problem, if this is the case?
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