On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 17:08 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Hi list, > We have two computers here at home, so I set up a KVM. Sometimes when > switching back to the FC4 machine (Duron 1.3gHz, 512 ram) The mouse > does not work, but the keyboard does. What to restart to re-enable the > mouse? I would rather not restart X because there is usually work open > on the desktop. > > The fault may be with the KVM because the WinXP box also loses the > mouse sometimes when switching. But restarting the machine (either of > them) always gets the mouse back. I believe, in keeping with popular > linux theory, that there is something that I can do to avoid > restarting FC4. > > Er, OT: does anyone know what to do in windows to get the mouse back? > I acually haven't researched that yet, as I am not familiar with any > resources for windows users (other than google). > > Dotan Cohen > http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/389/osbourne_ozzy.php > Osbourne, Ozzy Song Lyrics > > hey dotan - this has been a common problem for a long time. the most commonly used solution appears to be to force the kernel to use a particular mouse protocol. for me, it worked to add this to the grub.conf line for the kernel: psmouse.proto=imps others have found other protocols. but, i have never had any problems with the xp box getting confused, so you may have some other problem going on. john
