[CentOS] Restarting mouse services

Thu Sep 7 21:37:33 UTC 2006
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 16:55 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> William L. Maltby wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 16:21 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>>>> <snip>
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>>>> but meanwhile is there a way to restart the mouse services.
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>>> For console mouse?
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>>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm restart
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>>> >From X desktop, access Services, select gpm and "Restart"
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>> Both definitely restarted the mouse services, but still don't have the 
>> USB K/M mouse responding.
>>
>> Maybe it is usb services that needs a kick in its hindend?
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> I meant to mention that possibility. I don't know much about usb. I know
> there's 2(?) drivers that need loading? Not sure, uhci_hcd
> ehci_hcd?
>
> It *used* to be, long ago and far away, that we could just rmmod stuff
> and then start up a service needing the modules. I wouldn't know if
> that's save in today's environ or not.
>   
I looked into the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory and did not see anything 
there that looked connected...