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Re: how to briefly disable mouse under X?



Quoting Krzys Majewski (majewski@cs.ubc.ca):
> What's a good way to programmatically disable the mouse under
> X, and re-enable it again, without restarting X. By
> programmatically I mean "not by unplugging the mouse or cutting
> the wire and re-soldering it". 

/etc/init.d/gpm stop (and start) if you're repeating gpm through to X.

Cheers,

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