On Thursday 03 January 2002 20:57, you wrote: > Tim, > > I have had similar experiences with Windows NT 4 and Linux. The problem > stems from the manual switch not sending a keep alive or still here signal > on the mouse when switching devices. Windows in general handles this > better than Linux as it doesn't care if the mouse is there or not, it just > reacts to a new signal. I know blasphemy windows better than Linux, > hardly. > > Suggestions to fix this: > 1) Connect a second mouse to the Linux mouse port, while still using the > keyboard and monitor on the switch, or 2) Get a electronic switch which > maintains a pseudo connection while switched to another device. > > Regards > David C. > > >>> Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/01/02 9:26:51 >>> > > Tim Evans wrote: > > I'm a newbie, having just installed Mdk8.1 as a dual boot with my > > Win2K machine. > > > > The problem is I have 3 machines which use a Video/Keyboard/Mouse > > switch. If I start Mdk8.1 everything is fine, but once I switch to > > one of the other machines and then switch back, the Mouse has > > Frozen..:( > > > > Is there any way to unfreeze the mouse with out shutting down? > > Tim, > > Sorry, I can't answer you're question positively, I really wanted to ask > you a question -- what brand/model of KVM are you using, and is it set > up for PS/2 or AT type ports (or USB)? > > I'm still using a mechanical KVM with AT ports, with three computers > that use AT ports and one that uses PS/2 ports. The (PS/2) keyboard > words fine works fine through the KVM to the PS/2 computer with > appropriate adapters, but I had no luck at all with the PS/2 mouse port, > so I set that computer up to use the serial port for the mouse. I'd be > interested in any experiences you've had along similar lines. > > I had planned to upgrade to an electronic KVM, but had trouble > determining whether it would work properly, and, in the end, it ain't > broke, so I decided not to fix it (for the time being). > > Thanks, > Randy Kramer Same here, two linux boxes and one Win98, and a manual kvm switch looses the mouse in either direction, so I just have three meeses on the desk and use one monitor and one keyboard. Not perfect but it works. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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