[TriLUG] KVM & mouse problems

[Douglas Kojetin]

Hi All-

I'm experiencing erratic mouse behavior w/ my Belkin KVM switch under 
the console (and X as well, but I am rarely in it).  If I switch back 
and forth between channels more than once, the mouse cursor goes crazy. 
  The only real solution I've found is to restart 'gpm' (service gpm 
restart), which is OK, but not all my users have access to that 
command.  (I experienced it before, a long time ago, but I'm just now 
getting around to it again -- since it's quite annoying).

I did find this page on the Belkin homepage:
http://web.belkin.com/support/faq_qa.asp?pid=190&cid=

I tried setting everything in my XF86Config file to /dev/mouse, but 
that did not work (I guess it makes sense, since I'm working under the 
console and that governs X).

Anyone else have any suggestions, other than just shutting down mouse 
services all together?

Also, one other random question.  The mouse cursor under the console is 
a white block w/ some sort of accented 'G', which seems to change to 
some other characters when I move over a character on the screen.  Any 
means of changing this?

Many thanks,
Doug