I tried this suggestion and even got to the point of only having one single computer (the Linux machine) hooked up to the KVM switch at ports 1 or 2. No Go. I'm going to give up on this and have a mouse just for the Linux machine. It will help my RSI anyway. Meanwhile I'll look into the source code for the mouse driver. Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
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(Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:08:40PM -0800) Thanks, I'll try restarting the X-server. However, I'm using an ATI Radeon 9000 graphics card. The problem is linked to the KVM switch/Linux code since I have no problems with a direct connection. As mentioned in the original message, my Sparc/Solaris and Windows boxes work well with and without the KVM switch. This particular machine exhibits problems only when running Linux and the KVM switch attached.
I'd like to point out that I've contacted Linksys and IOGear on "similar" issues on Windows. They point out that "more than two-button and scrolling wheel functionality is not supported on PS/2 KVM switches" (paraphrasing here). However this mouse is quite normal and even conservative Solaris 2.8 is none the wiser.
Been there, done that, wrote the Tshirt.
Bascially what causes the problem is if you replug your mouse when at least one of the amchines is already plugged in (which given that it's a KVM switch is pretty much always the case).
You have to force a reset on the KVM switch, so that it rerecognises the mouse. In my case what worked was: - unplug the keyboard cable from computer #1 (so that the LVM switch thinks computer 1 is out) - switch KVM to another port than port 1 - power down the other machines
Now all lights on the KVM should be off.
replug the mouse into the KVM, plug the keyboard cable back in power on the other 3 machines.
simply unplugging all 4 machines from the KVM might do the trcik as well (or simply powering down all 4 machines).
And yes, the problem is related to the wheel mouse (or to the IMPS/2) (in my case an optical whell USB mouse with a USB -> PS/2 converter,)
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