On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 18:57 +0000, Chris Hewitt wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 15:01, John Aldrich wrote: > > On Sunday 05 December 2004 01:47 am, Craig White wrote: > > > Been through this before... > > > > > > upgraded from FC-1 to FC-3 - using a Belkin KVM > > > > > > things worked ok on FC-1 > > > > > > when switching back to FC-3, mouse is erratic and unusable. Doesn't help > > > to switch to text console (Control-Alt-F2) and back to X. Doesn't help > > > to add psmouse.proto=imps to grub boot. > > > > > > Anyone else seeing this on FC-32.6.9-1.681_FC3 ? > > > > > Yes! I've got a Belkin Omniview SE 4-port switch. Back in RH9 it worked fine. > > Now it doesn't work and I *have* to use VNC to have a useable system. If you > > figure out what the problem is, let me know. I thought maybe it was my mouse > > settings since I'm not using a "name-brand" mouse! > > If you look at the archives there are many posts on this topic. The root > problem seems to be that the Belkin KVM does not do keep-alive so the > mouse/keyboard is effectively detached from the computer unless it is > the selected option on the KVM. Interestingly enough, I have found this > with FC1 too, but not RH7.3 or 7.2. > > I have psmouse.proto=bare in the kernel line in grub.conf and I don't > have any problem. Does this work in your case? ---- indeed, appending psmouse.proto=bare worked where as psmouse.proto=imps didn't work. Thanks to all - just wanted to post up a resolution Craig
