On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 13:57 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > I use these A4tech mice on both machines, but on the machine that I still use > > FC2 on, the mouse pointer locks up from time to time. Ctrl Alt Backspace > > won't release the pointer, nor will a reboot, only a complete shutdown. It > > appears that it's a problem with the mouse, and the power has to be > > completely removed from it, as in a complete shutdown. > > > > This is on an old Gateway 500 machine, and a complete shutdown means just > > that. No power of any sort on the mobo. > > > > Looking at the mouse problem, is there any way to completely disable the ps2 > > port for the mouse, including removing power from the mouse, then re-enable > > the ps2 mouse port? I can still use the keyboard when this problem occurs. > > > > No doubt if I physically unplugged the mouse it would work, but at the same > > time I risk damaging the mobo due to power spikes, and plugging it back in > > would create more spikes. > > > > Please. No comments about using unsupported versions of Fedora. In many ways > > IO find that FC2 is better than F8. > > > > Any comments on the mouse problem welcome. > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > > > > Hi Nigel, you will not have serious sparks with your mouse. You can > put in and out with no problem. That would be a good test because if a > total removal of the mouse solved the problem, you need a new mouse. My > money is on the bad mouse because hardware problems are what freeze the > screen. > > Karl Nigel, While you may not have a problem PS/2 ports were most definitely not designed to be hot-pluggable. They lack even the rudimentary protective circuits of the venerable RS232 post, although most modern implementations are fairly robust. I have seen systems locked up doing this, although I personally haven't seen any permanent damage. - Brian
