KVM question

[Rick Stevens]

Barry S Densch wrote:
> It seems my old Belkin Omni Cube 4-Port KVM switch causes Fedora Core 3 
> to freak out.
>  
> After installing Core 3, I switched to another box. When I switched back 
> to Fedora the mouse went wacky and now all of my desktop settings are 
> completely messed-up.

The Belkin KVMs are notorious for this problem, as they do not emulate
the mouse and keyboard well.  Fedora is very sensitive to this (as are
later Windows versions).

> Q: Can I fix this issue?

Use a different KVM.  Actually, I won't use ANY Belkin product.  Their
quality is not good, they're poorly engineered and after that little
thing they did on their router that would periodically hijack your
connection and force your browser to go to an advertising site, I
wouldn't trust the SOBs as far as I could throw their corporate
headquarters building.

I use Linksys or IOGear KVMs almost exclusively.

> Q2: How do I restore the default Fedora core 3 desktop settings for gnome?

Just log out and log back in (or hit CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to restart X).

> I am using an early version Logitech cordless IR mouse. It appears to 
> work just fine until I use the KVM. 

As soon as you switch ports on the KVM, the mouse heartbeats are lost
and things get squirelly.  As I said, chuck that POS Belkin and get a
Linksys or IOGear KVM.  Trust me, you'll be glad you did.
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