Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:24:26 +0100 From: "Dmitry RCL Rekman" <dmitry.rekman@gmail.com> To: "Greg Mars" <authentec@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/2 mice suddenly stopped working Message-ID: <d9895e060803221224i587c4df9iec65bfae029a5fed@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <df70aad20803221002t14007986uc730c32ab75cabdb@mail.gmail.com> References: <df70aad20803221002t14007986uc730c32ab75cabdb@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Greg Mars <authentec@gmail.com> 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 used to have similar problem once - PS/2 (real PS/2, not one with an USB adapter) mouse got stuck every time it was left inactive for more than 5 minutes or so. I sort of "cured" it by restarting moused every 5 minutes with a cron job - so next time you may also try restarting moused before unplugging the mouse. By no means it is meant to be correct solution, I am just suggesting you to check whether the problem is caused by software or hardware. Best regards, Dmitry RCL Rekman
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