Re: OpenBSD-2.6 Losing keyboard ?

[Jeff Bachtel <sebastion_(_at_)_irelandmail_(_dot_)_com>]

The PS/2 circuitry experiences odd problems when the mouse is
disconnected and reconnected, and the circuitry is integrated with the
keyboard circuitry.

Either have a seperate mouse for each box, get a smarter switch (that
doesn't make the PS/2 hardware think the mouse/keyboard ever got
disconnected), or disconnect the mouse altogether.

This has come up often enough to be a FAQ

jeff

> OpenBSD at console shouldn't give a crap about the mouse.  XFree86
> does stop recognizing mouse output if you unplug a PS/2 mouse.  If
> you restart the X server, it comes back.  Try simply unplugging the
> PS/2 mouse connector from the OpenBSD box and see if that helps
> anything.
> 
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