Gusty Gibbon glitch with KVM switch

Dave McDaniel dave.mcdaniel at incnetworx.com
Thu May 1 16:51:36 BST 2008


Hi Brian,

The KVM is a PS2 interface. Both the Trackball and keyboard are PS2.

Dave McDaniel
Vice President
Integrated Network Consultants Corp
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St. Helens, OR 97051
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Brian Murray wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:33:43AM -0700, Dave McDaniel wrote:
>   
>> Hey all,
>>
>> About 3 months ago I converted from Winhoes to Feisty Fawn.  Since then
>> I have upgraded to Gutsy Gibbon. But the problem I am having is that my
>> keyboard and mouse will glitch (for example, the mouse cursor will shoot
>> randomly across the screen and open 4-10 windows, or applications).  I
>> am not sure what is causing this as I have tried different keyboards,
>> mice , and trackballs. Still the same problem. Have any of you
>> experienced this before?
>>     
>
> Is this a PS/2 device mouse or a USB mouse?  I seem to recall a kernel
> bug with some KVM devices and PS/2 mice.  I think if you look in
> '/var/log/messages' there will be something informative.
>  
>   



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