Todd, I've got KVM's in all ranges as well. The ONLY time I have detection trouble is with the 3 button wheel mouse. I agree you get's what's ya pays for.(withing limits. Windows is 459 and Mandrake is 89.... bucks that is, sometimes it doesn't work.) For me.... once every six - 9 months ... it's doable.
James On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:11:27 -0700 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James wrote on Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 05:35:28PM +0000 : > > > > If anyone knows How to simulate the removal and reinsertion > > from a command line please let me know. Point to note if I > > lose the mouse on one box it's lost on all boxes. Until I > > re-insert on any one of them. > > That points to a hardware issue. The DLink itself is causing > the issue or at least being aggravated by it. We have some > cheap KVMs here at the office and I have to do similar to you. > During an install I have to plug the mouse directly into the > computer or it doesn't get detected. It boots up fine though > with the mouse plugged into the KVM for normal operation. > > At my house I paid some bucks for a good quality KVM and I've > never had a single problem. > > When it comes to hardware, you get what you pay for. Your > options are to live with the occassional disconnect or return it > and pay the dollars for commercial products that work. (If I > could remember the name of the KVM that I have, I'd post it, but > I can never remember it). > > Blue skies... Todd > -- > Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, > because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- > Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-8.3-0.2mdk Kernel > 2.4.18-21mdk >
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