Tim, Thanks for your reply. But I am new to Linux. How do I "reinitialize the port"? I have rebooted several times and it still doesn't work. Is there sth like "boot -r" in Linux like in Solaris? --bin >> From: Tim Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:22:16 -0400 ---- > Hi, > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bin Zhao [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:59 AM > I have RedHat6.0 on IBM thinkpad i1451(co-exists with win98.) Evenything > was fine until I plugged a Kensington external trackball to the mouse > port. Now when I boot to Linux, it only recognize the external trackball. > It ignores the internal trackpoint even the external trackball is not > plugged in. But Win98 work fine with both. Is this some sort of broken PnP > feature of RedHat? How do I let Linux know to use the internal trackpoint. > Remember, it was working before and it still works for Win98(meaning Win98 > will use the external trackball when it's there and use the internal one > when the external is not plugged in.) Is this a Linux device thing or just > XF86 thing? I notice /dev/mouse is a symlink to ps2aux but I am not sure > what it looked like when the internal trackpoint was working though. > > It is normal for the trackpoint to 'disappear' when you plug in an external > pointer, it has something to do with the current inability to share the ps2 > port, it's a Linux thing. It should come back if you reinitialize the port > after unplugging the trackball, however. > > Tim
