On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 07:35:20 -0700, Stephen Powell wrote: > I realize that PS/2 mice were not intended to be hot > swapped, but "stuff happens". Sometimes the connector > is loose and falls out, sometimes a mischievous > co-worker unplugs it as a practical joke, sometimes > the mouse fails, sometimes someone trips over the > cord, sometimes the dog chews on it, sometimes an > inquisitive toddler unplugs it, etc. Being able to > recover from these things without requiring a reboot > (or at least restarting the X server) is a nice > feature, one that gpm provides. > If X listens to /dev/input/mice, it doesn't care that you unplugged your mouse and plugged it again, so I'm not sure what you think gpm provides here.
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