usb mouse problem

[Mark Knecht]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Ajai Khattri wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>
>>> EcK3kO [-_-] wrote:
>>>
>>>> what is the command to stop and restart x :?
>>>
>>>
>>> Just log out ane log back in again.  Or hit CTRL-ALT-F1 (all three keys
>>> at once), then log in as the root user at the text prompt and type in:
>>
>>
>>
>> Much quicker to do CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to kill the X server.
> 
> 
> I would've said that if I could have remembered it. :-(  My brain seems
> to be, uh, slow today, I'm afraid.

You're certainly forgiven.

As for the users usb mouse problem, I've noticed that if my mouse is not 
plugged in before the machine is booted, but for instance I plug it in 
while the grub screen is up, then Linux will not bring the mouse up. 
Mine's an M$ Optical USB mouse. At that point I find I have to wait for 
te machine to get to the login prompt, then pull and replug the cable to 
get it working.

It's a laptop so it seems standard to pull the machine out of it's case, 
open it and turn it on, and then while it's booting plug in power and 
the mouse. However this doesn't work for my mouse.

- Mark