On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 22:14 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Charles A. Hodge wrote: > > A similar post has prompted this one. I use a Belkin KVM switch and have > > had problems with the mouse "going crazy" when switching back to fc3. > > I'm using a PS/2 wheel mouse and have found in the past that if I select > > just a generic three button mouse (no wheel) everything is fine. However > > I cannot find where i can change the mouse selection in fc3 as I could > > in RH8. Anybody know how? > > This is a Frequently Asked Question: Belkin's are bad at this. > > You will need to add the phrase psmouse.proto=imps or psmouse.proto=imps > to the kernel command line. In Grub you can highlight the kernel you're > about to boot and press "e": to do this permanently, you should > (carefully!) edit /boot/grub/grub.conf . > > Having read that, I notice there is also a psmouse.resetafter= (try to > reset the mouse after so many bad packets) option. E.g. > psmouse.resetafter=10 > > If you find this helps, *please* let us know. ---- I believe that you meant to say 'psmouse.proto=imps' or 'psmouse.proto=bare' I will try the 'psmouse.resetafter=10' the next time I reboot which may not be for quite some time. I would love to get back some of the functionality of my mouse, lost by the psmouse.proto=bare appendage. Craig
