On 7/17/05, Chris Wright <linux-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dotan Cohen > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:39 PM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Moouse not working in FC4 > > > > Hi all, I have been having porblems with the mouse not being > > detected in FC4. In the begining, sometimes when I would > > switch computers on the KVM I would loose the mouse. I stoped > > moving the mouse when I switch, and the problem disappeared... > > > > But now I sometimes loose the mouse when I am working, or > > when I start the computer, it does not work. Googleing in > > windows (no! but that's why we have a kvm!) led me to check > > that /dev/mouse should be pointing at /dev/psaux however, > > there is no /dev/mouse > > > > So I did "sudo init 1" and waited for the command line, then > > gave it a "sudu init 2". When X came back up, I still had no mouse! > > > > OT: I should point out that our pet rat is not a replacement > > for a pointing device. But you can see her here: > > http://wikipedia.org/wiki/gush > > > > Dotan, > > I had the same problem with my KVM. If I boot the computer when KVM is > connected to one computer, on switching back to the FCx box, the mouse loses > sync and does the merry dance all over the screen. > I don't lose it totally though, just the ability to control it. > My Logitech wireless has the same problem via the KVM and Logitech maintain > it won't work via a KVM anyway. > > I think it is a lower level function of the driver to restore/request sync > with the mouse, but some drivers do this once on boot up and don't request a > resync after that. I'll have to look up the references since I last looked > into this about 7-8 years ago. > > Regards > > Chris > I always start the machine with the KVM pointed at the machine being started. That one I learned quickly! Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/444/selena.php Selena Song Lyrics
