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 -- Bill