On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 11:02:01AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
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> Hmm...  Following a suggestion I received privately, I switched to a 
> text console, disconnected and reconnected the mouse, switched back, 
> and had everything work.  I wonder if I can skip the disconnect/
> reconnect part....

I cannot be sure whether that worked for me, but my memory vaguely
suggests that it did not.  I also recall that dmesg output implied
(or said) that an interrupt was lost.

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