FC2 & Belkin KVM Switch

[Rick Stevens]

Nathan G. Grennan wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 15:40 -0500, admin at kclinux.net wrote:
> 
>>I have a user that has two PC's connected to a Belkin 4 port KVM switch. 
>>
>>One PC is a Windows XP/FC2 dual boot.
>>The other PC is a FC2 test server running KDE.
>>
>>When he switches from one computer to another, the Windows one works 
>>fine.  But when he switches to the Fedora box, the mouse jumps all over 
>>the screen.
>>
>>The keyboard is a Logitech Elite Keyboard and the mouse is a 
>>Intellimouse Explorer 3.0.
>>
>>Anyone know how to fix the mouse problem on the FC2 box?  They keyboard 
>>still works fine after switching, its just the mouse that is having 
>>problems.
>>
> 
> 
> 
>   The KVM causes problems when you use a wheel mouse and tell Linux it
> is a wheel mouse. It tries to emulate the mouse when it isn't connected
> to a computer for input. The mouse it emulates is a non-wheel mouse, and
> hence causes the problem. So you can either reconfigure the mouse on the
> Linux box to non-wheel, or replace the KVM. There are a variety of
> temporary workarounds, but no solution I have found.
> 
>   I own a Belkin 4port ps/2 kvm and ended up replacing it with a Iogear
> Miniview SE 4port ps/2 kvm. The Iogear does the emulation properly, at
> least for the wheel mice. As for more complex mice with extra button I
> haven't dared.

The Linksys KVMs work well, too.  And, like yourself, I haven't dared
using one of those 5+ button mice, either.  I get confused enough as it
stands!  :-p
> 
> 


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