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SubjectRe: ISSUE: psaux does not load in 2.2.0pre6
Matthew Kirkwood <weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
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> A lot of PCs lock hard when you attach a PS/2 mouse while running. (I'm
> pretty sure this is a hardware thing, rather than a driver issue, although
> I don't remember being foolish enough to try it on a running Linux box :)

Actually, on a lot of hardware, inserting on removing a PS/2 mouse or keyboard
while powered-on can fry the keyboard controller chip on the motherboard.
It will work 99 times out of 100, but every so often the hardware will blow up.
I've seen over a dozen machines fried this way over the years.

Charles Cazabon
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Charles Cazabon <charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca>
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