Xfree86 and KVM

[ed]

Just had a strange problem.

One of my systems (system 3) om my KVM suddenly hung with no mouse. I
rebooted and X would not start because it could not detect my mouse (MS
Intelimouse). I switched to another mouse (direct attach) and everything
seemed to work fine. Whenever I attached my mouse to my KVM (Linkss
4-port) it would hang. 

Since I had port 4 empty, I reassigned my system to port 4 and now
everything works fine.

Is there any way I can fix port 3? Or is this just an anomally?

Ed

[- Edwin -]

Hi,

On 2004/05/01, at 9:55, ed wrote:

>  Just had a strange problem.
>
>  One of my systems (system 3) om my KVM suddenly hung with no mouse. I
>  rebooted and X would not start because it could not detect my mouse (MS
>  Intelimouse). I switched to another mouse (direct attach) and 
>  everything
>  seemed to work fine. Whenever I attached my mouse to my KVM (Linkss
>  4-port) it would hang.
>
>  Since I had port 4 empty, I reassigned my system to port 4 and now
>  everything works fine.
>
>  Is there any way I can fix port 3? Or is this just an anomally? 
This sounds more like a hardware problem to me. (In which case, your pc
shop would be the place to go to and ask for help.) Or, am I missing
something? :)

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[David Niemi]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "- Edwin -" <copperwa11s(a)yahoo.co.jp&gt;
>  Hi,
>
>  On 2004/05/01, at 9:55, ed wrote:
>
>  > Just had a strange problem.
>  >
>  > One of my systems (system 3) om my KVM suddenly hung with no mouse. I
>  > rebooted and X would not start because it could not detect my mouse (MS
>  > Intelimouse). I switched to another mouse (direct attach) and
>  > everything
>  > seemed to work fine. Whenever I attached my mouse to my KVM (Linkss
>  > 4-port) it would hang.
>  >
>  > Since I had port 4 empty, I reassigned my system to port 4 and now
>  > everything works fine.
>  >
>  > Is there any way I can fix port 3? Or is this just an anomally?
>
>  This sounds more like a hardware problem to me. (In which case, your pc
>  shop would be the place to go to and ask for help.) Or, am I missing
>  something? :) 
There was a discussion about this earlier this week, I believe that the
problem is that the Linksys KVMs are pass-through and some operating systems
need to have the Store and Forward type KVM.  I had this issue with my
notebook & Smoothwall (lLinux based standalone Firewall) and am trying to
find a particular D-Link KVM which is the Store and Forward type.

Dave

[Tom Mitchell]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 08:55:52PM -0400, ed wrote:

>  Just had a strange problem.
>  
>  One of my systems (system 3) om my KVM suddenly hung with no mouse. I
>  rebooted and X would not start because it could not detect my mouse (MS
>  Intelimouse). I switched to another mouse (direct attach) and everything
>  seemed to work fine. Whenever I attached my mouse to my KVM (Linkss
>  4-port) it would hang. 
>  
>  Since I had port 4 empty, I reassigned my system to port 4 and now
>  everything works fine.
>  
>  Is there any way I can fix port 3? Or is this just an anomally? 
It depends on the problem.

Keyboards and mice need power.  Sometimes the power is fuse protected 
but most often it is PolyFuse protected.   If it is polyfuse then
the PolyFuse will reset when power is removed for 30 seconds or
so.  See if there are documents on your KVM device that can tell you


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