[newbie] mouse initialization

[KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN]

I am sharing a mouse and keyboard between two machines (temporarily). In
the past I haven't had problems pulling the cords out and plugging them
into either of the two machines. I imagine this is supposed to be a really
bad habit, but I'm short of space. Anyway, this last time, when I plugged
the ps-2 cable into my linux box, the mouse pointer was frozen on the
screen. The system is working normally otherwise. Is there a way to
re-initialize the mouse from a terminal, or must I reboot the system to
get the mouse back?

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David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu)
Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 256, Boulder CO 80309-0256
Tel: 303-492-7709 Fax: 303-492-8960

Re: [newbie] mouse initialization

[Michael Leonard]

i had my touchpad on my laptop go nuts sometimes...i found if you logout of 
the session and just restart the xserver, not the whole computer, it'll get 
the mouse to work again.  that shaves off about a min or so waiting for 
computer to boot back up.  now, if you get a usb mouse to work with 
linux
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