I plugged in a PS/2 mouse while inside my Gnome desktop, but Linux doesn't recognize it.Linux will only recognize the PS/2 mouse if it is plugged in before booting the machine (like a normal scenario).In this case, I forgot to plug in the mouse, plugged it in when I got to the desktop, but realized that it doesn't work.How do I detect PS/2 devices (my mouse) in real time so I don't have to reboot just to use a mouse?
How do you force Linux to detect a PS/2 device (e.g. mouse) on demand?
keyboard;mouse;hot plug
That's just the way that the PS/2 port works. Unlike the USB, the PS/2 was not designed to be hot-plugged. If you need the hot-plugging capability, use a USB mouse. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that any solution will work consistently.