Detecting a USB mouse without a restart

[Streiner, Justin]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote:

> I want to be able to issue commands so my FreeBSD 4.9 can detect my
> just-attached-it USB mouse without restarting the system. The mouse is
> detected and operational if I've attached it before switching on the
> machine.

That may depend on the kind of USB mouse you use.  I have a Logitech
optical USB mouse and a generic 5.2.1 installation picked it up with mo
major issues with I first plugged it in.

jms