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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:29:15 +0100 Adrian Midgley wrote: > SuSE 9.2 > I don't think the type of mouse is relevant, but it is a cheap optical > one going through a KVM switch. PS/2 > > Occasionally it goes mad, and any movement of the mouse (or of another > one that I plug in instead) produces a hail of clicks on the screen, > lots of random activity. > > I may be missing something, but what should I expect to close down, kill > or remmod and replace in order to restart the thing from scratch? > I found exactly the same thing occurred when I had a machine going through the Windows installation routines on the KVM - the moment I switch from the Windows installer back to a Linux desktop the mouse goes nuts. I don't know whether it's anything to do with what protocol the mouse is being told to use (I don't really know what goes on on that front), but I found that I could get it to work again if I either restarted X or plugged in a USB mouse, let it initialise on Linux and then unplug it again. Very strange. Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html