On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:44:29 +0100 Michael Schreckenbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007 15:28:16 schrieb Dan Farrell: > > (windows refuses to hotswap mice, for example, and > > my techie windows-poweruser roommate insists that he's never been > > able to hotplug keyboards either, unless they were attached when the > > computer booted, although i'm almost positive he's wrong) > > Sorry, if I get this wrong. This is about PS/2-Ports, right? > Well your roommate is right then, PS/2 is not hotpluggable. Neither > the protocol nor the plugs are designed for this kind of use. It > sometimes works, but there is always the danger, your computer gets > damaged. > > Regards, > Michael well, i definitely hotswap keyboards all the time and i've never once had a problem, even in windows. I guess mice have to be plugged in at boot to work, I can't use them after booting if they weren't. Kebyoards however work fine, even if they weren't plugged in when the computer booted. I didn't test it for windows. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
