On 4/24/06, Zhao Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a switch console (Belkin) which enable me to use only one mouse
> and one keyboard for a windows machine and a linux box.
>
> I'm having a problem with the mouse (ps/2) on linux box (RedHat
> Enterprise).
You solved your problem, but...
I recently encountered an issue with CentOS 4.2 (RHEL clone) and
some no-name KVM switch. It appears the 2.6 kernel has more
sophisticated built-in mouse support (to facilitate USB support), but
that something about it does not get along some KVM switches.
Symptoms included:
- Totally erratic mouse pointer movement after switching away and back
to the Linux box
- Kernel error messages in syslog about "lost synchronization" and
"throwing bytes away"
The fix was to add the following kernel command line parameters to
the boot loader:
psmouse.resetafter=10 psmouse.proto=bare
A reboot was required to put those changes into effect. Linux
really is just like Windows now. "You have moved your mouse. You
must reboot for this change to take effect."
-- Ben
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