Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 07:16:59 +0900 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: FreeBSD Laptoppers <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: usb on vaio 505tx Message-ID: <E12YFuV-0000FJ-00@roam.psg.com> References: <E12Y7z9-0000JQ-00@roam.psg.com> <200003231857.LAA42461@harmony.village.org> <E12YEzd-00008i-00@roam.psg.com> <20000323133517.B22554@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <E12YFZp-0000D7-00@roam.psg.com> <20000323141323.B1409@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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>> actually, if the usb mouse is unpluggd and then plugged in again, moused
>> things it is useless, i.e. no action.
>
> moused can't be expected to handle reattachment properly, it looks like
> the standard entry in usbd.conf doesn't have the necessicary detach
> entry. This entierly untested line may do it:
>
> detach "kill `cat /var/run/moused.$(DEVNAME}.pid`"
well, my script does the equibalent, though a bit more brutally, see
appended. /var/run/moused.id seemed unreliable.
> Otherwise, if you have a system with multiple devices using dhcp you're
> screwed when you remove one of them.
dhcp? ain't no dhcp here!
randy
while [ x$m = x ]; do
echo
echo -n "which mouse [ p - ps/2 u - usb ] ? "
read m
case $m in
p) m=psm0 ;;
u) m=ums0 ;;
else) m="" ;;
esac
done
/bin/ps -auxw | grep "moused" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill
/usr/sbin/moused -t auto -p /dev/$m
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