Re: [SLE] problems with KVM switches.. losing mouse control on 8.0

This is what I have Bank 0:1 Suse 7.2 (No X, so I do not know about the mouse) Bank 0:2 RH 6.2 - "Never" drops the mouse Bank 0:3 Suse 7.1 - Drops the mouse often Bank 0:4 XP - "Never" drops the mouse Bank 1:1-3 Suse 7.1 All drops the mouse often To me it seems like SuSE 7.1 has tougher time to handle the mouse?!?!?!?! Or maybe it is something with KDE!!! I have dual boot on the XP box, with SuSE 8.0(KDE3) and it seems like that is not dropping the mouse. At least the few times I been running it... Let's face it... The Belkin KVM is a piece of crap ;) Cheers, Magnus Kenneth J. Becker wrote:

Dear Magnus Hagebris and List,

I also use two banks of Belkin Omni View SE4-port KVM switches. My first bank is quite stable and has no problem with losing mouse control. However, the second bank (one SuSE Box running 6.4/7.1/7.2/7.3/8.0 and one Win98 box) is quite unpredictable. Some days it works fine and other days looses mouse control after only a few minutes. Both boxes on the second bank lose mouse control, though not always at the same time, so OS does not seem to be the primary issue. When the second bank boxes lose mouse control, I sometimes run a separate mouse directly to one of the boxes until the system settles down. Such is life in the Belkin world I guess. :--)

Respectfully, Ken Becker

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From: Magnus Hagebris , on 4/29/02 3:08 PM:

I have the same problem with SuSE 7.1. Intermittant, but some days are worse than others... The funny thing is that my RH 6.2 machine never has these problems. It just keep on going and that is freaking me out....

I have the Belkin Omni View SE 4-port(using 2 banks). And that kvm seem to work without the power supply. But I lost the mouse more often like that.

Speaking of the devil, I just lost my mouse typing these few lines... Loosing the mouse without switching channel/bank are quite annoying. Especially when the X-server once and a while restarts while doing the tty1 -> tty7 thing...

Cheers, Magnus

Thomas Bishop wrote:

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On Saturday 15 April 2000 01:28 am, Jon San Juan wrote:

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I am using a multiple servers with a KVM switch and I find that I lose control of my mouse as I return back to the SUSE 8.0 KDE. Are any you experiencing the same thing. I have tried other mice and different KVM switches.

-I am using a Belkin KVM switch with hot key functionality for changing monitors. -I am using PS/2 mice

The only way I can stablize the mouse is if I return to YAST 2 and try to re-configure the mouse when it is a problem... Otherwise I have been rebooting to get the mouse stability.

This seems to be an *intermittant* problem for me, too. I usually just >

ctrl-alt-Fx before I switch from my linux box, and alt-F7 when I switch > back., and everything is fine. This problem also existed with 7.2, depending > on which machine I happened to be switching to, and what it was running. > Switching to and from Win98 is *usually* not a problem. I am not using a > Belkin, just a cheesemaster generic KVM switch. Sorry I'm not more help.

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Tom

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