From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 19:24:27 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 23E431065670 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitry.rekman@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8BE88FC28 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:24:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitry.rekman@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so693613anc.13 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:24:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=ybdUcFA7EzSe2JEdkaBlnpPIHoi1409qPkp9csPFLS4=; b=dhDFMQZgOR6vcCq7wvxMx3fDyyAgA3ATOuN2h48F6+J63kJqDhalmrweqfKc4797F1SpbIShFRuRhqDwER6DNHkv69jjhKELGvKyyL6iy9Kpb8yKy+ymqMl/jjB8ugN/jUFmsQsLKCZ2Jr4oBGFNkea1TP2nt33c7c8Y2MNnsXg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=WIu0VLB5nJePgIMejbudiWSaoYBplBVSWFsapSBB1uoQarFyoXAFayBImYC4HrHwFN1N+BdgL07VRS3sG2/PziJ+fUf4kXx0KOmdbbq+SFrMvpMmGe+sa3WJpWU2IV77PcMXvvEGzfl9ocPvxLAuZ8BO/Q7C4oXmPMns2H4yXJI= Received: by 10.100.14.2 with SMTP id 2mr12960519ann.16.1206213866095; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.67.17 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:24:26 +0100 From: "Dmitry RCL Rekman" To: "Greg Mars" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:24:27 -0000 Hi, On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:02 PM, 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 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