On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 18:28, RL wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:13:21 -0500, Beri, Rohit <linuxlist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > RL wrote: > > > > >I have XP and Fedora boxes in a belkin KVM. It works fine until I > > >switch to XP when I'm in Fedora (usually in GNOME) and then come back > > >to the Fedora box. Usually my mouse goes wild and I have to kill X. > > >What can be done to correct this? > > > > > > > > > > > well I have the same config.... XP / FC3 and Belkin KVM... I had to > > logout of my FC3 KDE Session after switching.... looked around no > > answers... Now I have seperate mouse of each box. > > > > thanks, > > > > -B > > > > > Few things I want to followup with: > > I tried this thanks to a link I found in google: > > edit drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c and change > > if (psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last + HZ/20)) to > > if (psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last + 1*HZ)) > > That is for the 2.5 kernel, however, and the filename is slightly > different than psmouse.c in 2.6. But I gave that a try, recompiled, > but that didn't work. I will try that psmouse.proto=bare line. Is > this something that can be corrected in a future kernel release? > > Also, there is another annoying issue with Fedora and my Belkin KVM. > Not only does my mouse go wild at times, but at the command prompt > (not X) text is pushed to the left where it becomes unreadable after I > switch over from XP to Fedora. I have a Dell LCD, but I got a feeling > it's that darn Belkin causing it. Is this also a common issue with > Belkin KVMs? This is a long standing problem with Belkin KVM switches. Most people find that using psmouse.proto=bare or psmouse.proto=imp resolves the problem. As mentioned this will most likely cause the mouse wheel to stop working. I recently picked up an Iomega 4 port KVM switch. Interestingly enough linux seems to work fine with it but Windows 2000 seems to have problems with the mouse. :) -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich von Schiller, "The Maid of Orleans", III, 6
