For some reason some of these switches dont work fine in linux. My switch is suppoesed to do the "make belive the mouse is still there thing" as well for it is also an electronic one, but in linux it wont work. Windows, however, has no complain about it. I really dont know why this is the case. I know the keyboard can be fixed by restarting it running /etc/rc.d/init.d/usb restart "of course, from a remote machine:" but for the mouse I dont know how to fix it. --- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious how you got this to work.. > > I've gone from a mechanical kvm switch (where I > had to do the > ctrl-alt-f1 thing) to an electronic one that is > supposed to "spoof" > the box into thinking a PS2 is connected. The > problem is. I can't > get it to recognize a wheel mouse. On the > mechanical one it was no > problem (also if you go f1 f2 f3 ---- f7 it restores > the mose if you > forget to switch) when I swiched the boxes > originally it worked fine. > Then I had to reload the OS (hardrive failure) Now > I can't get it to > recognize the mouse at all, Keyboard is fine. > Switched cables > everything. Any suggestions? > > Mandrake 8.1 > BTC Wheel Mouse > Sigma IDMax 4 port kvm > (all ps/2 no usb) > > James > > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:35:16 -0500 > mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looks like USB. What does the connector look > like? Whatever you > did to > > respond worked, I use reply all. > > > > mg > > > > > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 20:24, Roberto > Armenteros wrote: > > > Thanks a lot mike, U just saved my life. Your > > > suggestion of going to a non-graphical console > before > > > using the switch works great. Does this suggest > I am > > > using a usb switch or a ps/2 one. Also, how can > I > > > reply to your messages so everybody receives my > > > message as well? Should I hit reply, forward, or > reply > > > all? I am new to this mailing list thing. > > > > > > Thanks again... > > > > > > --- mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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!? > === message truncated ===> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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