Hmm...will keep that in mind. The real frustration here is that I never had to worry about this with Red Hat...
The control in my present set of annoyances is the Linux distribution :( William On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Brian Henning wrote: > I've seen erratic mouse behavior after KVM switching quite often. KVM > switch manuals that I've seen suggest making sure there is no movement of > the mouse for about 5 seconds after switching.. I don't know how valid that > is; seems to me to depend as much on the phase of the moon as anything > else.. Anyhow, does unplugging and re-plugging the mouse from the KVM > switch fix the behavior? It usually does for me, and might be a little less > hassle than rebooting, if the suggestion below doesn't end up helping. > > Cheers, > ~Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Litt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Mandrake frustrations > > > > On Monday 27 December 2004 01:24 am, William Sutton wrote: > >> Add another couple frustrations to my list: > >> - I switched my KVM to my Windows system (Belkin OmniCube 4-port) to play > >> a little relaxing Minesweeper. When I switched back to the Mandrake > >> system, the mouse pointer started flickering all over the screen left- > >> and > >> right-clicking like nuts...couldn't get it back short of rebooting. > > > > I have a KVM switch, and often experience the symptom you describe. To get > > a > > surefire startup, I try to start my Linux box with power to the Windows > > box > > totally off. If the Windows box has power (whether running or not), I > > occassionally get the same symptom you experienced. > > > > Try backing up your XF86Config-4 file, then booting from a Knoppix CD, > > then > > copying its XF86Config-4 file to your Mandrake box, and rebooting to > > Mandrake. I think you'll find your mouse problems go away. > > > > Particularly, I use protocol Auto instead of protocol PS/2. Auto is more > > likely NOT to display the symptom you mention. However, be aware that with > > protocol Auto, you'll need to slowly move the mouse for about 5 seconds > > before it will begin to respond. > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > Founder and acting president: GoLUG > > http://www.golug.org > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
