Looks like USB. What does the connector look like? Whatever you did to respond worked, I use reply all.
mg On Saturday 05 January 2002 20:24, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > Thanks a lot mike, U just saved my life. Your > suggestion of going to a non-graphical console before > using the switch works great. Does this suggest I am > using a usb switch or a ps/2 one. Also, how can I > reply to your messages so everybody receives my > message as well? Should I hit reply, forward, or reply > all? I am new to this mailing list thing. > > Thanks again... > > --- mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forgot something else. If you have another system > > you can log in from, and > > it is USB, you don't have to restart X. You can run > > /ettc/rc.d/init.d/usb > > restart and it will restore functionality (I think > > if you are in the GUI you > > will still have to go to a text screen and switch > > through, but the keyboard > > will come back). This also works if you are in text > > mode and the keyboard > > mouse stops working. I think it is the version of > > X, or the kernel, because > > my SuSE box works fine. > > > > mg > > > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 19:26, mike wrote: > > > Sorry, I forgot something. If it is not a USB > > > > switch, then disconnecting > > > > > the mouse is assuredly NOT what the switch does. > > > > A PS/2 switch spoofs the > > > > > box into not knowing it doesn't have a mouse > > > > (which is why you can boot the > > > > > box while switched to another box. If it is a USB > > > > switch, then that is > > > > > exactly what the switch does. > > > > > > mg > > > > > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 19:23, mike wrote: > > > > Roberto, > > > > > > > > What version of Mandrake are you using? I have > > > > this problem with 8.0 but > > > > > > not 7.2 (and not SuSE 7.3) My solution is to > > > > switch to a non graphical > > > > > > console before using the switch (i.e. > > > > Ctrl-Alt-F1). Then whenI switch > > > > > > back to Mandrake I hit enter and then switch > > > > back to X (i.e. > > > > > > Ctrl-Alt-F7). Is this a USB switch? > > > > > > > > mg > > > > > > > > On Saturday 05 January 2002 18:24, Roberto > > > > Armenteros wrote: > > > > > I recently bought a "monitor-keyboard-mouse > > > > switch" > > > > > > > so that I can share a set of > > > > "monitor-keyboard-mouse" > > > > > > > between my two boxes. When I switch from the > > > > linux box > > > > > > > to my other box and then comeback to linux, my > > > > mouse > > > > > > > doesn't work, while the keyboard works > > > > sometimes. > > > > > > > Somehow when I disconnect the mouse from linux > > > > and > > > > > > > plug it back in, "which is what the switch > > > > does" linux > > > > > > > doesnt recognize the mouse anymore, and then I > > > > have to > > > > > > > restart X so it will work again. They keyboard > > > > also > > > > > > > presents some problems. I am sure there is > > > > another way > > > > > > > of reconnecting the mouse, but I dont know > > > > how. Also, > > > > > > > is there anyway of making this process > > > > autmatic? I use > > > > > > > KDE mostly. I would really appreciate if > > > > somebody > > > > > > > gives me a hand... :) > > > > > > > > > > Roberto > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > > > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; > > > > name="message.footer" > > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > Content-Description: > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > name="message.footer" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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