[CentOS] Restarting mouse services
William L. Maltby
CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com
Thu Sep 7 20:32:35 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 16:21 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I move my notebook around my office. Sometimes I am using the internal
> pointers, sometimes a USB mouse, and sometimes a USB keyboard/mouse
> adapter that is plugged into a kvm (actually two of them).
>
> With one of these USB k/m adapters, when I plug in, the system fails to
> recognize the mouse (but no problem with the keyboard). The 2 adapters
> are the same brand/model (Aten), but the KVMs are different Aten
> masterviews.
>
> Of course I would like to figure out why this is happening and get it to
> stop,
>
> but meanwhile is there a way to restart the mouse services.
For console mouse?
/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm restart
>From X desktop, access Services, select gpm and "Restart"
> <snip sig stuff>
HTH
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Bill
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