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

[lfwelty]

Sorry, can't help you much.... but:

I've found the belkin KVM to be less reliable, more flakey and more 
difficult to use in general than Cybex's (now Avocent) switchview.

4pt switchview: $159.12 @ ecost.
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=934418

You'll also need to order 3 additional cables (only
comes w/ enough for one computer by def.): $21.55 @ ecost.
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=34562

I've got several cybex's in the lab and one at home. Likely to buy 
a second for home soon-ish. I really like them. Got one belkin in
the lab that I use cuz someone bought it, but I really don't like 
it.

OTOH, Tom's hardware or Anandtech had a review of KVMs relatively
recently (w/in the past 6 mos?) which discussed some of the other
player's interesting features - KVMs incorporating USB and Audio
into their architecture... the audio would be really nice - 3 seperate
speaker systems w/ 2 sub woofers on my desk at home.

// Yes I am a really, really big geek //

F.

Jeremy P wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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