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Hello I cannot get my mouse to work properly through my Linksys 4-port PS/2 KVM switch. If I login as root, the mouse jumps everywhere and opens up everything anywhere just by moving it. When I login as a normal user, the cursor does not move at all. If I connect directly to the PS/2 port (bypassing the KVM switch), everything's OK. The other computers (a SPARC and a couple of Windows boxes) have no trouble. If I boot Windows instead, there's no trouble either. Any ideas?
Thanks
PS/2 is a serial transmission and once disconnected from a working system will most likely fail to work once plugged back in. So using a mechanical switch will likely always fail. If yours is a electronic switch the circuit may be able to maintain the the status and it may work. I will also say your kind of problem is what I have seen on a Sony Vaio Desktop box using the default PS/2 Sony wheel mouse. If I go into any X WM works (it works) but leaving it back to a console always fails and need to be /etc/init.d/gpm stop/start. The mouse pointer goes to the top right and then acts like hitting a copy/paste<Enter> key. 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org Info: http://www.knoppix.com