On Monday 01 September 2003 01:17 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:47, Niclas Jacobsson wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I am co-using mouse and monitor with an MS XP Home Client through one > > of those mechanical switchboxes. XPH manages to "loose" mouse and get > > it back working after switching, but Mandrake is loosing contact with > > the mouse until I log out from session then it comes alive again. > > Anybody encountered this before? > > > > Thanks! > > Niclas > > Yes a number of people have. Mine did this as well, the quick > workaround is to do ctrl-alt-f1 and then switch when leaving Linux. > Then ctrl-alt-f7 when you come back to it. Problem is in the way the > mechanical ones work (which is why XP has trouble as well) restarting > console mouse (service gpm ) if installed will also get your mouse back. > > James
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