From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 05:49:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C015C16A420 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:49:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from timothy@open-networks.net) Received: from titan.open-networks.net (ns.open-networks.net [202.173.176.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E27E43D46 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:49:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from timothy@open-networks.net) Received: from [192.168.1.200] (titan.open-networks.net [192.168.1.200]) by titan.open-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23DD4B83F; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:49:35 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <43FE9E6E.9020803@open-networks.net> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:49:34 +1000 From: Timothy Smith User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "illoai@gmail.com" References: <43FE51E8.5060403@open-networks.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:49:07 -0000 illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 2/23/06, Timothy Smith 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?