Mouse going wild in KVM

[RL]

I'm looking to get another KVM.  The BIZTRANS 2-Port DVI KVM Switch w/
Audio Mic looks nice.  Anyone have any experience with that?  It's for
DVI so I will be able to use my DVI ports.


On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:04:41 -0500, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 18:28, RL wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:13:21 -0500, Beri, Rohit <linuxlist at beris.net> wrote:
> > > RL wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have XP and Fedora  boxes in a belkin KVM.  It works fine until I
> > > >switch to XP when I'm in Fedora (usually in GNOME) and then come back
> > > >to the Fedora box. Usually my mouse goes wild and I have to kill X.
> > > >What can be done to correct this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > well I have the same config.... XP / FC3 and Belkin KVM... I had to
> > > logout of my FC3 KDE Session after switching.... looked around no
> > > answers... Now I have seperate mouse of each box.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > -B
> > >
> >
> >
> > Few things I want to followup with:
> >
> > I tried this thanks to a link I found in google:
> >
> >  edit  drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c and change
> >
> >   if (psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last + HZ/20)) to
> >
> >   if (psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last + 1*HZ))
> >
> > That is for the 2.5 kernel, however, and the filename is slightly
> > different than psmouse.c in 2.6.  But I gave that a try, recompiled,
> > but that didn't work.  I will try that psmouse.proto=bare line.  Is
> > this something that can be corrected in a future kernel release?
> >
> > Also, there is another annoying issue with Fedora and my Belkin KVM.
> > Not only does my mouse go wild at times, but at the command prompt
> > (not X) text is pushed to the left where it becomes unreadable after I
> > switch over from XP to Fedora. I have a Dell LCD, but I got a feeling
> > it's that darn Belkin causing it.  Is this also a common issue with
> > Belkin KVMs?
> 
> This is a long standing problem with Belkin KVM switches.  Most people
> find that using psmouse.proto=bare or psmouse.proto=imp resolves the
> problem.  As mentioned this will most likely cause the mouse wheel to
> stop working.
> 
> I recently picked up an Iomega 4 port KVM switch.  Interestingly enough
> linux seems to work fine with it but Windows 2000 seems to have problems
> with the mouse.  :)
> 
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