Clark Martin writes,
<It might well have been a problem with the KVM switch. That would
account for the "stuck cursor" (no mouse connection), the failure to
safe boot (no keyboard connection) and possibly the bogus bluetooth
mouse (maybe, because it didn't see a wired mouse and figured you had a
bluetooth mouse).>
Oh wow! Yeah, the KVM acting momentarily wonky DOES sound like a
possible explanation. Oh wait, how's THIS (although I have no idea how
Bluetooth prefs got turned on in the Mini in the first place):
Yup, yesterday I WAS messing around with "wiring back there"-- my "new"
wireless router (another used D-Link 2.4 GHz) had died, and, since all
that stuff (router/ethernet hub when router is dead, DSL modem,
printer's Farallon ethernet thingie and the KVM box) lives in a major
nest of wires, maybe it's possible some things got a little tugged
on/loosened by mistake when I had to remove the dead router and hook
everything back up to the ethernet hub (till I can get another
router...sigh). Still though, that was late morning/early afternoon, and
all was well throughout the day and evening going back and forth between
the Mini to Sim and the Quicksilver to do stuff online, until late last
night. For a reason I can't recall anymore, I had shut down my Sims
game, gone to the Quicksilver to do something else for a bit, and
decided I'd let the game reboot while I was taking my shower -- only to
discover on going back to the Mini to reboot the game, I got that
Bluetooth stuff!
I think I'm getting too old for this..
~Yersinia.
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