Re: Of Mice and Linux

Scott Robert Ladd
2003-12-08T21:04:34Z

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.)

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Scott Robert Ladd
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