Hi all,
I sometimes have problems when I switch computers on my KVM: the mouse stops working in Fedora when I switch back to Fedora. A reset fixes it- so I know that the KVM and the cables are ok. How can I 'restart' the mouse without rebooting? Thanks!
Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com
On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 00:35 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Hi all,
I sometimes have problems when I switch computers on my KVM: the mouse stops working in Fedora when I switch back to Fedora. A reset fixes it- so I know that the KVM and the cables are ok. How can I 'restart' the mouse without rebooting? Thanks!
Sadly there have been many reports of mouse problems with recent Fedora releases when connected via a KVM (I know, I have the problem too :-) Some of the bug reports are: 132471, 150746, 139188, 111161 and numerous duplicates. I would encourage you to file another bug report, the more heat, the more attention.
BTW, the problem usually manifests itself when switching between hosts, it can usually be corrected (as I think you observed) by resetting X (e.g. switch to a console, switch back to X, but not always, sometimes you have reboot or start X without switching away), and it seems to be especially prevalent with Belkin KVM's (just my observation from listening to the reports)
On Thursday 10 March 2005 05:35 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Hi all,
I sometimes have problems when I switch computers on my KVM: the mouse stops working in Fedora when I switch back to Fedora. A reset fixes it- so I know that the KVM and the cables are ok. How can I 'restart' the mouse without rebooting? Thanks!
Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com
The error I have seen on many machines regardless of the operating system that is being used.
I suspect it has to do with the hardware/firmware associated with certian motherboards.
You should be able to reinitialize the mouse port by reinitializing the mouse driver/module.
(Its gpm for terminals and ??? for X.
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