I don't know how to refresh the mouse from the commandline, but why not try , since you are already near the box, to remove the mousecable that runs to the box and plug it back in? HTH Andy On Tuesday 22 November 2005 16:29, Doug Coats wrote: > I have checked the cables and they are fine. As I eluded if I reboot > then it comes up just fine. It is only after it sits for a while and > I come back the boxes do I occasionally have problems. > > I just checked the switch (8 ports) that has multiple OS's hooked up > to it and here is the current status. > > P1: FC2 - Fine > P2: FC4 - Mouse not functioning correctly > P3: FC4 - Mouse not functioning correctly > P4: Win2003 - Fine > P5: Win2003 - Fine > P6: FC4 - Fine > P7: Empty > P8: XP Pro - Fine > > This summer I upgraded the To FC4 on the 3 different boxes and that is > when the trouble started. I usually SSH into them and do everything > from the command line but sometimes you need to access the box > directly. Other people are using these servers so I just can't reboot > them every time the mouse decides to act up. > > The KVM switch does send a signal to the machines so that they think > there is a mouse, keyboard, and monitor there all of the time. I > really thing this a FC4 issue from my months of experience with it. > > How do I, from the command line, tell it to refresh the mouse? > > On 11/22/05, Andy Pieters <mailings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Could it be that the keyboard gets connected to the mouse? > > > > 4. Is your KVM a digital one that simulates the keyb, mouse, monitor when > > it is not selected? Say you have it on A, it will simulate that there is > > a mouse/keyb/monitor on B,C,D,E so that the system doesn't think it's > > crippled? If that's the case, maybe its getting time to change the box. > > 5. In case it's a manual switch, make sure the switch doesn't stay > > between two positions. You usually notice this on the screen as it will > > have an impact on brightness and colors. -- Currently not listening to amaroK Geek code: www.vlaamse-kern.com/geek Registered Linux User No 379093 If life was for sale, what would be its price? www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ for free php utilities --
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