[ale] KVM switch?

[Christopher Fowler]

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 18:33 -0400, roberth1954 at aim.com wrote:
> I have a Belkin "OmniCube" and have a problem with mouse sync
> too... As it turned out, the problem was NOT Linux but was actually
> Gnome. I tried it with at least 5 different distro's and the ones that
> use Gnome (Ubuntu, Fedora) have a problem (it started with Gnome
> v2) but, the ones with KDE (Kubuntu, Suse) are fine. I would set the
> KVM switch on my Gnome box and as long as I didn't change the port it
> would work great all day. However, if I ever changed to another box, I
> would literally have to power boot the Gnome box to make it work
> again. (ctl+alt+bs did not work)

I was thinking my PC was screwy.  My problem is even more weird.  I have
a Belkin 2 port.  This happens when I switch ports.  Even rebooting the
Linux box does not help.  This switch gets its power from the PS/2 ports
to to get my mouse back in sync I have to power off the switch by
turning everything off and unplugging power to everything.  This in turn
"restarts" the KVM.  It then works fine until I switch again.  I now use
a USB mouse and manually switch that mouse as needed.  I've given up on
getting the KVM to work and based on the comments here it maybe a
problem that is not solved by using another KVM.