Good idea. :) This workaround gets the job done. It's not a real solution, but at least I don't have to do the workaround by hand anymore. Thanks, - Jared On Monday 26 August 2002 07:43 am, you wrote: > So what happens if you put a virtual terminal switch in your script? > chvt 1;chvt 7 > > On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Jared Burns wrote: > > One more piece of information which might be useful: Switching virtual > > terminals is enough to make the mouse come back to life.