Re: Sudden instability: can a faulty mouse cause this?

2000-11-15 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:19:11AM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Johann Spies wrote: > > > I have a ps/2 mouse which I have used without problems for about a > > > year now. Can a hardware problem on the mouse or the ps/2 por

Re: Sudden instability: can a faulty mouse cause this?

2000-11-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:19:11AM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Johann Spies wrote: > > I have a ps/2 mouse which I have used without problems for about a > > year now. Can a hardware problem on the mouse or the ps/2 port cause > > this? How can I determine the cause?

Re: Sudden instability: can a faulty mouse cause this?

2000-11-15 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Johann Spies wrote: > I have a ps/2 mouse which I have used without problems for about a > year now. Can a hardware problem on the mouse or the ps/2 port cause > this? How can I determine the cause? Yes, a short-circuit in the mouse (or in any other peripherical, Keyboards a

Sudden instability: can a faulty mouse cause this?

2000-11-15 Thread Johann Spies
It all started last night while I was working with jpilot and my computer just stalled while I was using the mouse. I tried a normal shutdown by switching off the power and hoping that the UPS software will force a shutdown after the configured 12 minutes. But that did not happen. Since then I