Restarting the mouse after KVM switch

[beartooth]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:17:39 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 6/29/05, David Gavin <dgavin at davegavin.com> wrote:
[...]
>>   BTW: I agree that Belkin KVMs are more touble than they're worth, but
>> the "don't move the mouse while switching" tip may help with other
>> brands also.

Fwiw, I bought a generic (Vastech) unpowered KVM despite having been
warned, because it was all I could find locally, and did indeed have
troubles with the optical mouse -- at first.

Then it settled down, or the computers got used to it, or something -- and
the trouble gradually tapered off and ceased. That was last fall iirc.

I've had it exactly once again recently -- after having upgraded an FC2
and an FC1 box to FC4.

It is necessary, though, when you upgrade or install an OS, or swap a
computer into the loop from elsewhere, or the like, to shut them all
down, connect the K, V, and M all directly to the new one, and boot it
once -- I believe to let kudzu find the actual hardware and not just the
switch. Then I shut back down, put the K, V, & M back into the switch, and
the nice combo cable onto the new or upgraded box. Presto : done.

Very dumb question, though : somebody says he keeps his behind his
monitor, and forgets it. How do you use it in that position?? I hit mine
two or three dozen times a day, and need it not only in sight, but handy.
Are we all talking about the same thing? (I run four boxes on one K, one
V, and one M -- the only kind of KVM switch I know of ....)

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