[GLLUG] KVM Weirdness

[Gary Holbrook]

I've had this problem before and resolved it by changing to a generic ps2
mouse driver.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean" <picasso@madflower.com>
To: "Todd Torrey" <todd_torrey@hotmail.com>
Cc: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] KVM Weirdness


> I think it is crappy kvm hardware. It happens with the MacOS X too.
> I heard IO Gears worked flawlessy with OS X so im thinking IO Gears KVM is
> better or actually to spec, which kind of surprises me since I thought
> they were the same thing..
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> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Todd Torrey wrote:
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> > Seth wrote:
> > >I have a Belkin OmniView KVM switch. When ever I switch to an other
> > >computer, the >mouse goes crazy in Red Hat 9. It was fine with Red Hat
7.1,
> > >and it works fine >with the rest of the computers.
> >
> > I also have an OmniView KWM causing the same problems with Red Hat 9. I
had
> > the same problems in Red Hat 8 - the mouse goes crazy. This doesn't
happen
> > every time I switch inputs on the KVM, but the longer my Linux box stays
> > disconnected from the mouse, the more likely it is that the problem will
> > occur.
> > I have noticed that when I switch to a Windows box(Win2k) that has the
> > browser open, the browser will back up one page all by itself. It's as
if
> > it's receiving a "backspace" signal from the KVM.
> > I'm hoping that there is some sort of fix in Linux that will make the
> > problem go away, but I got a feeling its just crappy KVM hardware.
> >
> > Todd
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