I'm curious how you got this to work..
I've gone from a mechanical kvm switch (where I had to do the
ctrl-alt-f1 thing) to an electronic one that is supposed to spoof
the box into thinking a PS2 is connected. The problem is. I can't
get it to recognize a wheel mouse. On the mechanical one
For some reason some of these switches dont work fine
in linux. My switch is suppoesed to do the make
belive the mouse is still there thing as well for it
is also an electronic one, but in linux it wont work.
Windows, however, has no complain about it. I really
dont know why this is the case. I
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.
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
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
