From: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
To: Florin Iucha <florin@iucha.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Of Mice and Linux
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:56:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD4E58E.10605@coyotegulch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031208195203.GB28031@iucha.net>
Florin Iucha wrote:
> Hrm... you might be onto something here. My Microsoft mouse gave up
> around test-10 or so. Then the USB ports started acting funny on my
> SIS 745 motherboard...
Is it possible for Linux to kill a Microsoft (or any) mouse via the USB
port? I hadn't seriously considered that problem... I don't have the
proper test equipment to check the voltages on the USBs to see if
something is amiss.
And here I was going to write it off as "mouse suicide", the result of a
Microsoft mouse becoming depressed because it was attached to a Linux
system.
(Note: For real humor, I should post a story to Slashdot about how Linux
kills Microsoft mice, with misleading anecdotes and undiscovered
evidence. But, despite my somewhat off-kilter mood today, I will
restrain myself.)
--
Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)
Software Invention for High-Performance Computing
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-08 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-08 18:04 Of Mice and Linux Scott Robert Ladd
2003-12-08 19:52 ` Florin Iucha
2003-12-08 20:56 ` Scott Robert Ladd [this message]
2003-12-08 22:12 ` [OT] " Wakko Warner
2003-12-09 1:43 ` Joshua Kwan
2003-12-08 20:55 ` Zan Lynx
2003-12-09 13:35 ` Scott Robert Ladd
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