__/ [ tbandrow@xxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 30 July 2006 16:15 \__
> Have you unplugged a PS/2 keyboard or a USB mouse from your computer,
> and then plugged them back in?
>
> What happens?
>
> Well, under Windows, this is sure way to have to reboot your PC. Even
> when replugged in, the keyboard remains out to lunch, and the mouse
> pointer either disappears entirely or remains fixed, dead, upon the
> screen.
>
> Under Linux, the reverse is true. I plug the mouse back in, and it
> works. I plug the keyboard back in, and, it works.
http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_814958.aspx
,----[ WORKAROUND ]
| To work around this problem, restart your computer after you reconnect
| the mouse or keyboard to the USB port.
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