[olug] Debian forgets my mouse

[Mike Hostetler]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'll second JohnH's idea for a reboot - PS/2 hot-plugging is flaky and
> prone
> to hardware errors. :-(
>

I didn't reboot, since that  usually only works with Windows ;).  But I just
tried it and, alas, that didn't work this time.


>
> If you can't do that, or it doesn't work, what happens if you run "cat
> /dev/psaux" and then move the mouse?  When you do that as root you will get
> a lot of jibberish each time the mouse is moved.


> If you don't get the output, then it could be the drive (or mouse or PS/2
> port or...).  Try running the same test command on the various /dev/input/*
> devices (mice, mouse0, mouse1,...) and see if any of those work.
>

Nothing from cat /dev/psaux and cat /dev/input/mice.

Any other ideas?

-- 
Mike Hostetler
http://mike.hostetlerhome.com/