I agree with Carel. As long as X read from /dev/gpmdata (most sane configuration but too many people disregards...), reboot is not needed for KB/mouse initialization.
I just unplugged my mouse while in X4, replug -- cant move, restrted gpm to initialize, there I go again. By the way, when you have buggy multi-PC KB switcher, and KB goes crazy, restarting gpm also intialize KB nicely. I have one occasion which needs reboot. "TESTING new LILO/mbr configuration (booting multiple linux installation with multiple kernel images...". Osamu On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:29:46PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 05:30:11PM -0500, David B . Harris wrote: > > To quote Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > # On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:06:03PM -0500, David B . Harris wrote: > > # ... > > # > You also need to re-boot for some hardware re-initialization. See > > the > > # > recent thread on XFree 4.0.2 and an IntelliMouse-compatible mouse. > > # > > # I doubt it. Any trouble I've had with PS2 mouses not being properly > > # initialized could be solved by "/etc/init.d.gpm restart" preceded by TYPO: "/etc/init.d/gpm restart" > > # the occasionally physical reconnecting of the mouse. But YMMV:) > > > > Don't doubt it. I didn't just make it up to prove that a reboot *could* > > be required to re-initialize hardware :) > > But I *do* doubt it:) > You see, unplugging the mouse and then replugging it resets the mouse, > restarting gpm redoes the initialisation, so what else could be necessery? > Ofcourse I could be overlooking something. I've read that thread you > refered to, but I don't remember having seen that the really did the above, > i.e. unplug the mouse, reconnect the mouse, restart gpm. If they did, and > the mouse still refused to work, please tell me and I admit you're right. > > -- > groetjes, carel > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com ======= Cupertino, CA USA === +
