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[OCLUG-Tech] Dual USB mouse under Suse 10.0

Although this is not something I tried yet, I was curious to see if
having two USB mouses under Linux could cause problems. It seems to
cause problems under M$ Winblows. My main mouse is a wireless optical
one, and yesterday night, the batteries were enough depleted that the
pointer was erratic, until it froze. However, I'm on a USB switchbox,
via a single connector. If I plug another mouse directly in the USB port
of my Linux box, will this cause any problem ? 
 
I know it caused problems under Winblows. Once I had the second mouse
connecter in the USB port, I installed one of the games I've been
playing for years, and for the first time, I got an error message saying
there was no sound board.
 
Anybody tried this before ?
 
JF