Erratic Mouse after upgrade of kernel on FC2

[Howard Burnside]

On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 19:09, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 21:22, Rob Cartier wrote:
> > I am experincing erratic mouse behavior after
> > upgrading the kernel from 2.6.5-1.358 to
> > 2.6.6-1.435.
> > 
> > It shows alot of errors from the gpmd (console mouse)
> > and in 'X' the mouse is unusable and if you move it at
> > all the cursor jumps all over the screen and many windows
> > start opening.
> > 
> > Anyone else experiencing the same problem.
> > 
> > Rob
> 
> Envelope please:  KVM, psmouse.proto=imps
> 
> I am guessing you are running with a KVM switch, possibly a Belkin 4
> port KVM.  (You really should turn off the web cam....   :)   )
> 
> Several of us have had similar problems.  One fix that seems to work for
> most people is to add psmouse.proto=imps as a kernel parameter.
> 
> Go to /boot/grub/grub.conf and add that to the end of the kernel line.
> 
> Reboot and it should be resolved.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scot L. Harris
> webid at cfl.rr.com
> 
> broadcast packets on wrong frequency 
> 
This addition to the kernel line helped me out.  Thank you.

Setup:
5 computers connected to Belkin Omni View PRO 8-port
Belkin KVM Console F1DC100P	
3 of the machines are brand new, identical hardware.
1 has Win2K Adv. Server installed
1 has FC1 installed
1 has FC2 installed

Computer with FC2 lost sync with the touchpad/mouse when I switched away
and back to it.  Adding that kernel parameter kept the touchpad in sync.

Many Thanks.

Ben
aka Howard Burnside
tuxfan at btecc.com