Re: Restoring Keyboard and Mouse Connections

[Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>]

On Thursday 31 March 2005 05:07 pm, Justin Guerin wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 March 2005 10:58, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > I have a KVM, the older kind, controlled with a rotary switch, that I use
> > on several systems.  The keyboard and mouse connections are PS2, not usb.
> >  If I switch to system C and have to reboot or power down and don't get
> > the switch back to system A or B fast enough, then I sometimes lose all
> > mouse and keyboard response on A or B or both.  I can still connect to
> > the systems by ssh.
> >
> > Is there any way, through ssh, that I can get the system to start reading
> > the keyboard and mouse again?  Is there some service I can restart or
> > something? I'd really like to be able to reactivate the connections
> > without having to reboot.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Hal
>
> Hi Hal,
>
> The only thing I can think of is if you are able to unload the modules that
> receive keyboard and mouse input.  They might be built into the kernel,
> however, in which case you can't try this route.
>
> Does waiting until the system (C) reboots fully have any effect?

Usually no.  It may have once or twice, but I don't remember it specifically 
making a difference.

Thanks!

Hal

> Justin Guerin