Lee Wiggers wrote:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:27:36 -0600 "Scott Mazur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:18:09 +0000, Lee Wiggers wrote
Hello list
Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted "new hardware" on boot. With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my mouse driver.
The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box and back.
I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the new 10.1. It does the same thing.
I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was not a hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track record). It is most definitely a mdk thing.
Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem? I
have not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly,
I'm growing weary.
My mouse kvm problems usually end with a switch to a USB keyboard and mouse (KVM with USB connections). Different Kernel versions just seem to have some aversion to mice on KVM switches. IMHO it's entirely an Linux Kernel bug that should have been put to rest a long time ago. My final solution was an inexpensive PS2-to-USB adapter cable to make all my keyboard/mouse problems USB problems. Seems USB mice just don't suffer from the same confusion.
Scott
-- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca)
<rant>
Let me tell you what pisses me off. I have been using the same mouse, same keyboard, and same chair since 7.2. They have all worked fine with "Generic Wheelmouse" until now. And never did the distro "detect new hardware" and do me in.
Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs regularly. Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade and your burner doesn't work anymore. Upgrade and your ears turn green.
In other words "upgrade" means "fsk-up" as much as it means "improves".
I'm sick of it. I burn with Nero on a 2k box. I listen to oggs and mp3s with Winamp on a 2k box. It works.......always.......period.
I keep my files, connect with the net, and serve my site on the mdk 9.2 box. That's all important, but pretty basic crap for a hot shot super distro like mdk. </rant>
Call me a troll if you wish, but I've tried hard to swallow this shiet. How is a beginner supposed to embrace this crap?
The current wheelmouse is a Logitech, BTW, and I was wrong about it living through all. Previous was a Microslop wheelmouse. When I bought the Logitech, I plugged it in and it worked in place of the other.
Now it does not, because 10.1 detected a change two years later, I suppose?
Let me also say that I can probably fix it by identifying the driver on the 9.2 box and forcing it on the 10.1 box, but why do I have to do this? Is this a computer operating system or a frustration generator? I can listen to my wife and get frustrated, although I'll admit mdk works faster.
Lee
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