Actually it quite often does fail. I installed with a serial mouse and then changed to a usb mouse when the system went into use. It was a couple of frustrated reboots before the hardware realised that the serial mouse had gone and removed it and then on the next boot it found the usb mouse. Could run harddrake/kudzu any number of times manually and it would find the usb mouse, but not do anything about it. Another possibility is changing a serial mouse for a modem on the same comport - the hardware detection does not realise the device has changed, so status quo. It would be handy if the hardware detection allowed you to manually tell it something had changed, but this does not seem to be available. Laptops are another whole can of worms when changing location/hardware configuration.
BillK On Tue, 2001-10-30 at 10:40, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > There has GOT to be something wrong with your PS/2 port or I/O chipset. > > Linux never fails to find the PSAUX port like it's doing on yours AFAIK. > > Why not try a serial port instead? > > -JMS > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stephen Liu > |Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:25 PM > |To: Paul Cox > |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake-Linux 8.1 installation problem > | > | > |Hi Paul, > | > |Thanks for your advice. > | > |>Try this (as root obviously =) : > |> > |>rm -fr /lib/dev-state/* > |>rm -fr /dev/* (ignore any errors because of files in use) > | > |Tried according to your advice. > | > |At reboot the PC hanged, screen turning blank (only dark > |screen), forcing > |me to reset the PC. > | > |Mandrake-Linux 8.1 re-started but the mouse still died. > | > |Re-booted second time. PC still hanged with the same warning > |as follow: ....... ........ /dev/pasux : no such device or > |address ......... > | > | > |Tried second time > | > | > |rm -fr /lib/dev-state/* > | > |rm : cannot remove '/lib/dev-state/vcs4' : Input/Output error > | > | > |rm -fr /dev/* > |same error messages as in the 1st round as follows : > | > |rm : cannot remove directory '/dev/md' Directory not empty > |rm : canot unlink '/dev/pts/0' : operation not permitted > |..... etc. > | > |At reboot the PC hanged, screen turning black. Force re-set > |brought back > |Mandrake-Linux 8.1 but the mouse still died. > | > |B.R. > |Stephen Liu > | > | > | > > > ---- > > This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially > dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following > log describes which actions were taken. > > Sanitizer (start="1004434091"): > Part (pos="2603"): > SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="2"): > Enforced policy: accept > > Part (pos="4182"): > SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="default"): > Enforced policy: defang > > Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-48300 > Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-48300 > > Total modifications so far: 1 > > > Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm > $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $
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