Forgot something else. If you have another system you can log in from, and it is USB, you don't have to restart X. You can run /ettc/rc.d/init.d/usb restart and it will restore functionality (I think if you are in the GUI you will still have to go to a text screen and switch through, but the keyboard will come back). This also works if you are in text mode and the keyboard mouse stops working. I think it is the version of X, or the kernel, because my SuSE box works fine.
mg On Saturday 05 January 2002 19:26, mike wrote: > Sorry, I forgot something. If it is not a USB switch, then disconnecting > the mouse is assuredly NOT what the switch does. A PS/2 switch spoofs the > box into not knowing it doesn't have a mouse (which is why you can boot the > box while switched to another box. If it is a USB switch, then that is > exactly what the switch does. > > mg > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 19:23, mike wrote: > > Roberto, > > > > What version of Mandrake are you using? I have this problem with 8.0 but > > not 7.2 (and not SuSE 7.3) My solution is to switch to a non graphical > > console before using the switch (i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F1). Then whenI switch > > back to Mandrake I hit enter and then switch back to X (i.e. > > Ctrl-Alt-F7). Is this a USB switch? > > > > mg > > > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 18:24, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > > > I recently bought a "monitor-keyboard-mouse switch" > > > so that I can share a set of "monitor-keyboard-mouse" > > > between my two boxes. When I switch from the linux box > > > to my other box and then comeback to linux, my mouse > > > doesn't work, while the keyboard works sometimes. > > > Somehow when I disconnect the mouse from linux and > > > plug it back in, "which is what the switch does" linux > > > doesnt recognize the mouse anymore, and then I have to > > > restart X so it will work again. They keyboard also > > > presents some problems. I am sure there is another way > > > of reconnecting the mouse, but I dont know how. Also, > > > is there anyway of making this process autmatic? I use > > > KDE mostly. I would really appreciate if somebody > > > gives me a hand... :) > > > > > > Roberto > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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