On 08/01/09 10:08, Warp wrote:
>    Not often with the keyboard, but I often swap my USB mouse between
> my desktop computer and my work laptop. An old PS/2 mouse couldn't be
> used like that (and not only because the laptop as no PS/2 port).

	I'm not understanding why.

	I've tried this on Linux on my office machine, and it worked just fine.

	The problem usually is that if you load X without the mouse plugged in, 
then you'll need to reload X to get the mouse working. However, if you 
loaded X with the mouse, and then switch the mouse in the same session, 
it works fine.

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