[H-GEN] kvm

[Johann]

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Tony Bilbrough wrote:

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> G'day All,
> I have just bought one of those 'yew beaut' kvm switches - brand name 
> Laser.
> Harry Phillips seemd quite happy with his, and that was enough for me.
> But
> When I fire up Linux on a GUI the the mouse becomes unstable [its 
> uncontrolled movement reminds me of Steady Eddie]
> I can only get the system to run if I whack an individual mouse on the 
> boxen.
> Neither Windows xp or se have this problem. Gauling, truely.
> I am wondering if there is a software fix for it, given that these 
> kvm's are electronic devices?
> Or is the solution in a small scrip in the /etc, somewhere?
> The o/s is Xandros v1 with the kde interface.
> Great system apart from that. - it even reads and writes to ms word! 
> so I don't even need the ms boxen any more!
> cheers Tony
>
I have used a number of systems on kvm switches (including 2 setups of 
my own) and have seen this problem in a couple of them. In every case I 
could get the mouse back by switching to a prompt and restarting the 
mouse (gpm from memory), or for the OS X system, re-inserting the usb 
mouse plug. I guess you could then write a script for that, but I don't 
know how yo would detect the mouse has gone haywire. A lot of the setups 
I used, the parts were very similar, so I couldn't tell if it was the OS 
(redhat 7.3 at the time, and OS X in one case) or the mouse. I use 
redhat 8/9 now and don't see the problem, but I doubt its the OS.

cheers

Johann


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