From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 18:54:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6A7106566B for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:54:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D658FC17 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2MIs7Yp001918; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:54:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080322135250.0240f548@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:55:59 -0500 To: "Greg Mars" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080322-0, 03/22/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: PS/2 mice suddenly stopped working 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: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:54:33 -0000 At 12:02 PM 3/22/2008, Greg Mars wrote: >I just turned on today and my ps/2 mouse (actually SB with a ps/2 adapter) >was not working. >Tried reconfiguring in sysinstall to no avail. >Tried another pure ps/2 mouse and it didn't work either. >Took off the usb-ps/2 adapter off the original mouse, plugged it in a usb >port, and now it works. > >Everything used to work just the day before. >I guess it's possible something could be wrong with the port >(which would be sad since the motherboard is probably 2-3 weeks old) > >Does anyone have any ideas on how to test this? >I don't have another OS on this box and installing one won't be easy. I would try a new ps/2 mouse, after inspecting the pins to be sure there are no bent ones. And I would completely power the system off, and pull the power cord for a minute too. This will allow any stuck components to hopefully reset. I occasionally get my mouse frozen through disconnection, mostly from the help of a cat. Usually it comes right back with a complete power cycle. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.