Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:21:10 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: psh1@cornell.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse Message-ID: <19971221122110.33706@emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <199712210803.AAA00800@wartch.rih.org>; from "psh1@cornell.edu" on Sun Dec 21 00:03:46 GMT 1997 References: <199712210620.PAA19069@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> <199712210803.AAA00800@wartch.rih.org>
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In the last episode (Dec 21), psh1@cornell.edu said: > >I understand that the PS/2 mouse, the motherboard and the psm driver > >have been working until lately. Have you ever plug or unplug the > >PS/2 mouse from the system while power to the system is ON? The PS/2 > >mouse interface and the keyboard interface appear to be very > >sensitive to noise and can be fried easily. I have known a couple of > >people around me who did unplug or plug the PS/2 mouse while the > >system is running and ruined the interface. > > Yep. I'll bet that was it. While we are on that subject. Are there > any devices you can safely plug in or out while running? I've hot-plugged serial mice without problems (I much prefer serial mice over PS/2 mice for exactly this reason), and external SCSI devices as well. -Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com
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