Ubuntu or Kernel problem.

[Travis Newman]

David Walker wrote:
> I have recently hooked my computer up to a KVM along with a Windows 
> computer.  I have a wireless mouse that is USB, I have a USB->ps2 to 
> connect the reciever to the KVM.  The problem I have is when I am using 
> Linux and switch to windows, everything works fine.  However when I 
> switch back to Linux the mouse stops working right.  Every mouse 
> movement bounces the mouse around the screen and sends button clicks 
> randomly.  I am wondering if X is broken, Ubuntu is broken, or if this a 
> kernel driver issue.  I never get the problem when switching into Windows.
> 
> -- 
> dave
> 
Some KVM switches don't get along with some distributions of Linux. My 
KVM used to send random tildes "~"
That's not good when you're editing important files ;)

I haven't tried it with Ubuntu. Since it's powered off ps2, I just have 
the cable from the mouse port going to the KVM, and I use the mouse as 
usb, keyboard goes straight in. But then, I only needed it for the 
monitor because my other computer is a mac, which uses USB keyboard and 
mouse, and the USB KVM switch was twice the price ;)