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Subject: Re: usb on vaio 505tx
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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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