Re: A86: GraphLink Software
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Re: A86: GraphLink Software
>The only mice this should happen for are PS/2 type (round or 6-DIN
>connectors on
>the end), and it's a hardware thing, not software, so Linux wouldn't
>help. You
>should be able to unplug a serial mouse and plug it back in just fine,
>however.
>I think this has something to do with memory addresses (or
>something... I'm a
>little sketchy on the 'why' of this). Serial mice use COM ports,
>which have an
>IRQ and an address range, while the PS/2 mice have just an IRQ.
Yes, serial mice can be unplugged and repluged without resetting. If you
want to use the port that the mouse is on, though, then you have to reset
to free the COM port from the mouse code.
--James
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