On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:14:14AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> Package: kernel-image
> version: 2.6.8-2-k7
>
> 1) congratulations on the 3.1 release! I've been running Sarge on a
> number of machines and I love it!
>
> 2) This issue is one I should have reported some time ago. Sorry. It
> seems to affect the 2.6.7 and 2.6.8 kernels but not the earlier or later
> ones. I'm running a system with an MSI KT4V mainboard using an IOgear
> MiniView KVM switch. The KT4V seems to have a problem with the MiniView
> in that it will produce a keyboard error when I boot (except sometimes
> from a cold start) if I have that system selected - but not if I am
> watching a different system (go figure). This is generic to the KT4V
> because I have another KT4V-based system with the same problem, but
> other systems with different mainboards don't have this problem. This
> information is provided as background - I know there are issues with
> this KVM / Mainboard combination.
>
> The problem I'm having with the 2.6.8 kernel however is that when I boot
> the system with the KVM attached to the PS/2 mouse port, the mouse does
> not respond properly once X starts. It reacts to mouse movements in a
> random fashion. However, if I boot with a mouse attached directly to the
> PS/2 port, then switch to the KVM afterwards, the mouse behaves properly.
>
> I had also tried a number of workarounds including changing mouse
> parameters in X and adding a mouse parameter in Grub. The latter worked
> with the 2.6.7 kernel but not the 2.6.8 one. In the end, I had to go to
> Sid to get a newer kernel.
>
> This problem disappeared in the 2.6.9 kernel and is still absent in the
> 2.6.11 one which I am currently using (my only deviation from Sarge).
Thanks, I'll see if I can isolate the change and get it into
a maintenence releaase of 2.6.8.
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Horms
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