On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:44:36PM -0500, - gw1500se wrote: > Peter Hutterer wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 12:34:50PM -0500, - gw1500se wrote: > > I am having a problem with my Microsoft PS/2 optical wheel mouse when I > switch between machines with a KVM switch. Specifically, my Mandriva machine > no longer recognizes a mouse is attached (Windows does not have a problem > with switching). Some research has come up with a suggestion that the mouse > protocol be changed in xorg.conf to PS/2. However, it is currently > ExplorerPS/2 and when I try to change it, it magically reverts so I don't > know if that change will fix my problem or not. > > > watch the xorg.log when you switch to and fro the machine, it'll probably > notice the mouse going away, but not coming back. In this case it could be > either a problem with the kernel or with HAL. > > > I think you are correct. Here is the log info switching away: > > > > (II) evaluating device (Mouse1) > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) > (II) evaluating device (Keyboard1) > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD) > (II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. > (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
all this is logs from the graphics card. is there anything related to input devices? > > try adding "AutoAddDevices" "false" to you ServerLayout section and restart > the server. This forces the server to use the mouse driver (by default on > /dev/input/mice) and leave all the hotplugging to the kernel. > Does the mouse work then? If not - definitely a kernel problem. > > > Is that the correct key word for my version? It doesn't like it. Here is that > section: > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "layout1" > > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" > > InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" > > Screen "screen1" > > AutoAddDevices "false" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > EndSection > > > > It told me AutoAddDevices was an invalid key word for that section. > > > Perhaps someone can tell me either why the mouse protocol will not stay the > way I set it or, better yet, why the mouse goes away after using the KVM > switch. > > > most likely because your xorg.conf settings are ignored, as they usually are > with servers 1.5 and above. > http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/evdev-xorgconf-hal-and-other-fud.html > > > Since I am below 1.5, hopefully this doesn't apply. I don't know anything > about HAL. I'm pretty sure my xorg.conf parameters are not being ignored as > I have made changes that effect X. But then maybe it is ignoring some and > not all. 1.4 uses hal already, so it applies to some extent. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
