Hard Lock with Fedora Core 1

[Joolz]

> [Chris Jones schreef op 19-03-2004 10:08 +0000]
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 23:24, Small, Jim wrote:
> > Ugghhh!!!
> > 
> > I think I know what the problem is.  I remember pulling my hair out with Red
> > Hat Linux 7.X.
> > 
> > For some reason, Red Hat Linux does not like KVMs.  I believe it's something
> > with the mouse driver.  I'm using a Autoview 400 KVM with a type 5 Sun
> > keyboard.  I haven't had problems with many other O/S, but Red Hat just
> > doesn't like KVMs.  Even just using the console, it will lock up.  Sure
> > enough, as soon as I plugged in a standard keyboard and mouse (directly) it
> > appears to run fine--no hard locks.
> > 
> 
> I have not had this experience on FC1. I run two PC's (one with FC1, and
> the other with Win2k). I also have a Belkin KVM to free up my desktop.
> When first installed, I had a Logitech wheelmouse and whenever I
> switched from one PC to the other, the mouse would go wild. I eventually
> solved this problem by disabling the wheel option(s) on the mouse, since
> when I have had _no_ problems whatsoever when switching. I never really
> used the wheel options anyway, so do not miss them, and I certainly do
> not miss the "wild" mouse activity.

A sitecom KVM KV-003 works without any troubles here.

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Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow) Linux 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl