From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 14 23:13:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B61337B4CF for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:13:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from billy-club.village.org (billy-club.village.org [10.0.0.3]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eAF7DTR15542; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:13:29 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@billy-club.village.org) Received: from billy-club.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by billy-club.village.org (8.11.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id eAF7FLG47669; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:15:21 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200011150715.eAF7FLG47669@billy-club.village.org> To: Dave Howland Subject: Re: Moused doesn't reinitialize mouse after removal and reinsertion... Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:12:03 CST." References: Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:15:20 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message Dave Howland writes: : pain, albeit not completely unbearable. Anyone have any theories on how we : could get moused to a) detect the mouse being unplugged and reinserted and : b) reinitialize the mouse after this happens? Here's some fun info type : stuff (in case it'll help)... With all due respect, pay the extra money for the electric switch. You will burn out your keyboard and mouse ports if you aren't careful. They aren't designed for this sort of hot plugging. I used to think it was OK to do this, but I've had too many keyboard and/or mouse controllers die of the years connected to a mechanical switch to really trust them. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message