[9fans] mouse re-plug

[9fans] mouse re-plug

[cej]

dear all,

if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in again,
the mouse behaves unpredictably, namely, every small motion maps into a big leap of cursor.
any idea?
thanks, best regards,

++pac

Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug

[Steve Simon]

> if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in again,

I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not hot-plugable,
in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never have.

-Steve

Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug

[David Leimbach]

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On 8/2/07, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
>
> > if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in
> again,
>
> I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not
> hot-plugable,
> in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never
> have.
>
> -Steve
>

I used to have a metal keyboard on an old 286.  I had on hand on it with the
other dangling down when my cat rubbed up and gave me a static shock... the
computer's speaker then went on and stayed on.

It's amazing what you can do to a computer with a PS2 port :-)  (or was that
an AT port).

Luckilly it wasn't completely dead, but I think it didn't like "extra power"
I applied.  I've also not seen a metal keyboard case in a while.  Good old
Packard Bell Legend V and it's 16MHz of glory.

Dave

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Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug

[erik quanstrom]

ymmv.  some computers don't mind being replugged.  we do it to servers
all the time.

at home i use a cheep kvm ($29 at frys) to avoid replugging machines.

- erik

> >
> > > if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in
> > again,
> >
> > I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not
> > hot-plugable,
> > in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never
> > have.
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> 
> I used to have a metal keyboard on an old 286.  I had on hand on it with the
> other dangling down when my cat rubbed up and gave me a static shock... the
> computer's speaker then went on and stayed on.
> 
> It's amazing what you can do to a computer with a PS2 port :-)  (or was that
> an AT port).
> 
> Luckilly it wasn't completely dead, but I think it didn't like "extra power"
> I applied.  I've also not seen a metal keyboard case in a while.  Good old
> Packard Bell Legend V and it's 16MHz of glory.
> 
> Dave