[Gllug] plug / unplug mice without restarting X

[Robert Crowther]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:
> 
>> Is there an easy way to plug & unplug mice and other input devices
>> without having to restart X to use them?
> 
> 
> I do this often with USB mice and keyboards.  It Just Works[tm].

Me too.  I think it's handled at a layer lower than X though - my laptop
is mapped to /dev/input/mice in xorg.conf, which I assume is some sort
of 'meta device' (?), and any mouse I plug in gets picked up (while X is
running).

Rob
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