>Tony Wynn wrote: >> I recently bought a KVM switch (Linksys KVM2KIT) to put between a >> Windows XP box and a Fedora 3 box. Everything was working fine on the >> Fedora box before installing the switch. After installing the switch, >> the monitor and keyboard worked fine on both boxes, but the mouse was >> frozen. Rebooting the Windows box fixed the mouse problem, but on the >> Fedora box the mouse is still frozen. I did some searching and found >> this bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=111161. >> This seems similar, but in the bug the behavior of the mouse is >> erratic whereas mine is frozen. I tried switching virtual terminals >> and this did not help. I tried the "psmouse.proto=bare, =imps, etc. >> in that bug but nothing helped. I then tried plugging the mouse >> directly into the Fedora box, still frozen. Rebooted, still frozen. >> Powered down, let it sit, powered up, still frozen. Not sure what to >> do now, I could give a rat's about the Windows box right now, I just >> want to get the Fedora box working again. Anyone have any ideas. > >Oh dear. > >Can you temporarily completely unplug the KVM, and put everything back >as it was (with the power off, of course). If that doesn't help, then it >sounds as though the KVM has damaged your mouse. > >If it does ... erm, are you sure that you've kept the mouse and keyboard >cables the right way round everywhere? It's very possible that the >"mouse" output from the KVM is connected to the "keyboard" input on the >PC, which is something that is *mostly* detectable by the motherboard. > >What happens if you plug the keyboard and mouse into the Fedora box and >just use the KVM for the monitor? One other possibility is that the KVM >is doing something odd with the PS/2 protocol (or sending current down a >wire that it shouldn't be sending current down). > >What happens if you swap the Windows and Fedora outputs on the KVM? > >I'll see if I can think of any other weird suggestions to make! > >James. > >-- >James Wilkinson | ... lest untrained handling cause the collapse of >Exeter Devon UK | everything that it is possible to imagine. * >E-mail address: james | * Again. >@westexe.demon.co.uk | -- Going Postal, Terry Pratchett. Thanks James, I'm pretty sure the keyboard and mouse cables are plugged in correctly, the keyboard works fine, but I will check tomorrow (these boxes are at work). I've tried just plugging the mouse directly into the Fedora box with the same results. I will try swapping the inputs, but, the more I think about it I worry that the KVM did somehow damage that Fedora box's mouse input. Let me know if you think of anything else I might have done wrong/setup strange. Thanks, Tony
