Runaway Mouse

[Stephen Durham]

I am glad it worked out for you, and it is also good to know. I was
thinking of going to ps/2 since some of my keys don't input anything, MS
office keyboard with all kinds of extra buttons. Now I think I will
stick to what I have since even when I had the hot-keys setup I never
used them.
-Stephen
On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 17:52 -0500, Steve Bromley wrote:
> All, 
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> As a followup, I went out tonight and got a PS2/USB convertable cable
> and plugged both my mouse and keyboard into it and then it into an
> available USB port.  This solved the problem.  I can switch away and
> back to the machine multiple times without so much as an odd blink.  It
> seems that the PS/2 port is the problem.
> 
> Steve, thanks for your responses and giving me the idea of switching to
> USB from the default PS/2.
> 
> Steve Bromley
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 20:13 -0400, Stephen Durham wrote:
> > Well I use USB and have no issues with it.
> > -Steve
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 19:12 -0500, Steve Bromley wrote:
> > > I run it on a PS/2 port.  Does USB work better?
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 13:35 -0400, Stephen Durham wrote:
> > > > Not sure then, I also have a Belkin on my system and I have no problems
> > > > with, they are quite nice. Does it use usb or ps2?
> > > > -Steve
> > > > 
> > > > Steve Bromley wrote:
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> > > > >I am running a fairly expenive Belkin and I have no problems with the other three machines (all windows boxes). I only have problems with the Linux one.  I am running all of the boxes at 1024x768.  
> > > > >
> > > > >I have to have to shutdown the Ubuntu box before going elsewhere.  It seems to defeat the purpose of having the KVM in the first place.
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> > > > >Original Message -----------------------
> > > > >I helped someone out with this problem once before and it ended up being
> > > > >the KVM. He had a very cheap KVM and once it was replaced he had no more
> > > > >problems. We figured it out by seeing if you could boot straight into
> > > > >linux and not have any problems and vice versa in windows.  He did say
> > > > >that he had no problems when he had two windows boxes, so maybe there is
> > > > >another solution but the fact that the KVM degraded his resolution so
> > > > >much was another reason just to buy a new one.
> > > > >-Stephen Durham
> > > > >
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> > > > >Steve Bromley wrote:
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> > > > >>I've just installed Ubuntu and have found it one of the easyiest things
> > > > >>I've had to install.  Great job so far.
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> > > > >>I'm am having a problem with the Gnome Desktop after switching away and
> > > > >>switching back using a KVM switch.  When I switch back, it's like all
> > > > >>the mouse buttons are stuck on.  The mouse movements are supersensitive
> > > > >>and everything I move over is selected, popped up, etc.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this.  I am a complete nubie when
> > > > >>it comes to Linux so please be specific because it won't take much to go
> > > > >>over my head.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Thanks 
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Steve Bromley
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