red hat linux and dell 2161ds mouse troubles

[Steve Berg]

This is only slightly related.

Some of the PowerEdge systems I work on don't like USB mice/keyboards. 
But an update on BIOS for a different issue seems to have them behaving
rather nicely now.

> if it's a PS2 mouse, try to replace it with a USB mouse.
>
> Allen.
>
>
> Shawn Parker wrote:
>> when using the 2161 with linux the mouse won't sync up and the cursor
>> is very erratic. red hat support offered the 'psmouse.proto' kernel
>> boot parameter, but it failed to correct the issue.
>>
>> dell didn't have an answer or even a guess as to why.
>>
>> anyone out there experienced this or similar problems using a console
>> switch? is there something in x i can adjust to resolve it?
>>
>> it's very annoying.
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> shawn
>>
>
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