On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 10:50:13PM +0200, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> I understand that this error is normal if a PS/2 mouse is 
> not connected at boot time, yes ?

No, nothing should happen.

> Will the mouse reset properly if 
> connected later, before the X11 server starts ?

I'm not sure about this, my guess would be "no".

> ... plug in the mouse and ctrl-alt-bs on the xdm/kdm screen will reset 
> the server and the mouse will start working).

You don't even need to restart the X server - all mice are represented as
"wsmouse" devices, the kernel driver handles everything else and X does
not see any change.

Martin