[TriLUG] Mandrake frustrations

[William Sutton]

Hmm...will keep that in mind.  The real frustration here is that I never 
had to worry about this with Red Hat...

The control in my present set of annoyances is the Linux distribution :(

William

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Brian Henning wrote:

> I've seen erratic mouse behavior after KVM switching quite often.  KVM 
> switch manuals that I've seen suggest making sure there is no movement of 
> the mouse for about 5 seconds after switching..  I don't know how valid that 
> is; seems to me to depend as much on the phase of the moon as anything 
> else..  Anyhow, does unplugging and re-plugging the mouse from the KVM 
> switch fix the behavior?  It usually does for me, and might be a little less 
> hassle than rebooting, if the suggestion below doesn't end up helping.
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Brian
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Mandrake frustrations
> 
> 
> > On Monday 27 December 2004 01:24 am, William Sutton wrote:
> >> Add another couple frustrations to my list:
> >> - I switched my KVM to my Windows system (Belkin OmniCube 4-port) to play
> >> a little relaxing Minesweeper.  When I switched back to the Mandrake
> >> system, the mouse pointer started flickering all over the screen left- 
> >> and
> >> right-clicking like nuts...couldn't get it back short of rebooting.
> >
> > I have a KVM switch, and often experience the symptom you describe. To get 
> > a
> > surefire startup, I try to start my Linux box with power to the Windows 
> > box
> > totally off. If the Windows box has power (whether running or not), I
> > occassionally get the same symptom you experienced.
> >
> > Try backing up your XF86Config-4 file, then booting from a Knoppix CD, 
> > then
> > copying its XF86Config-4 file to your Mandrake box, and rebooting to
> > Mandrake. I think you'll find your mouse problems go away.
> >
> > Particularly, I use protocol Auto instead of protocol PS/2. Auto is more
> > likely NOT to display the symptom you mention. However, be aware that with
> > protocol Auto, you'll need to slowly move the mouse for about 5 seconds
> > before it will begin to respond.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
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