kvm switch problem with mouse

[Charles A. Hodge]

I actually applied the eariler solution of psmouse.proto=bare last night 
and it worked (althought  it disables the wheel). I will try your 
solution and see if it works as well and preserves the wheel function. 
thanks...

James Wilkinson wrote:

>Charles A. Hodge wrote:
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>>A similar post has prompted this one. I use a Belkin KVM switch and have 
>>had problems with the mouse "going crazy" when switching back to fc3. 
>>I'm using a PS/2 wheel mouse and have found in the past that if I select 
>>just a generic three button mouse (no wheel) everything is fine. However 
>>I cannot find where i can change the mouse selection in fc3 as I could 
>>in RH8. Anybody know how?
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>This is a Frequently Asked Question: Belkin's are bad at this.
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>You will need to add the phrase psmouse.proto=imps or psmouse.proto=imps
>to the kernel command line. In Grub you can highlight the kernel you're
>about to boot and press "e": to do this permanently, you should
>(carefully!) edit /boot/grub/grub.conf .
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>Having read that, I notice there is also a psmouse.resetafter= (try to
>reset the mouse after so many bad packets) option. E.g.
>psmouse.resetafter=10
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>If you find this helps, *please* let us know.
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>James.
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