[TriLUG] Question on mouse problems with a kvm and X

[Jeremy P]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Tom Francis wrote:

> After switching from linux to w2k and back, >80% of the time the mouse 
> in linux will be useless, jumping all over the screen and clicking when 
> it feels like it.  Hitting CTRL-ALT-BS and restarting X seems to be the 
> only way to fix it.
> 
> Going back to windows never seems to be a problem, but any switch back 
> to linux continues to have the problem.

When you switch to Linux, try pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a text
console, and then CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back to X.  Does that reinitialize
the mouse?

--Jeremy