> 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.

How does one reinitialize the port without rebooting? 
The external ps/2 mouse on my laptop goes dead after 
my machine goes into resume (after shutting the lid). 
Perhaps there is something other than a reboot that 
will revive it? Machine is a Sharp Mebius A-445 running 
a 2.0.36 recompiled kernel. 


             Tony Laszlo  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jiyugaoka, Tokyo)
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