Bug 85517

Summary: ps/2 mouse does not work if pluged in after boot
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Andy Rysin <arysin>
Component: kudzuAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version: 8.0CC: rvokal
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Description Andy Rysin 2003-03-03 21:44:37 UTC
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Description of problem:
ps/2 mouse is compiled into the kernel and if not plugged in before booting
linux would not work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. plug off ps/2 mouse
2. reboot the system
3. try to run kudzu - it'll remove ps/2 from configuration
    

Actual Results:  no mouse support

Expected Results:  mouse should be detected and picked up

Additional info:

ps/2 mouse should be compiled as a module to fix this

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2003-03-03 21:50:32 UTC
traditionally, ps/2 is not a hotplug-capable bug. Current machines are probably
safe, but you can toast older machines electrically doing ps/2 hotplug.

Comment 2 Andy Rysin 2003-03-03 22:12:13 UTC
well, keeping driver in the kernel will not help saving old machines from being
toasted with ps/2 on the fly connection but will definitely restrict users with
recent hardware to plug it in when they want or can

Andriy

Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2003-03-03 22:15:46 UTC
this also hasn't much to do with in-kernel vs module btw
I've occasionally plugged in keyboards and mice after boot, and that just works.
Yes kudzu gets confused but the kernel side just works.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-04 22:57:53 UTC
Closing out bugs on older, no longer supported releases. Apologies for any lack
of response. Please attempt to confirm with more recent releases.