Ubuntu or Kernel problem.
Stephen Durham
smd271 at psu.edu
Tue Dec 7 04:23:20 UTC 2004
There have been a lot of issues with ps/2 KVM switching from windows to
linux and causing the mouse to not function correctly. I have seen this
with Ubuntu and Archlinux, those are the two I use so I don't know about
others, and in both cases a USB KVM solved the problem. I also know of
one instance where a switch to a powered KVM solved the problem. I have
also heard that it works with some linux setups and not with others.
Some people say that switching to tty2 and then back to X will fix the
problem.
I would say use a USB kvm and you won't have any problems, but I
understand that you might not want to buy a new one so maybe someone
else has a different solution.
-Stephen
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 22:38 -0500, 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
>
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