[ale] KVM switch?

Bradley's List Address Brad.List at Thingbuilder.com
Sat May 27 14:46:40 EDT 2006


I have a Belkin Omniview PS/2 that will not work with a Logitech optical
mouse and
Ubuntu Breezy. The keyboard switches fine but I have to use a separate mouse
(which
is also a Logitech optical).

Bradley

> Yes, but I should add that I use serial mice.
>
> Courtney
>
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > But could non-selected machines boot up OK?
> >
> > Courtney Thomas wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I also use Belkin [6 port OmniView] and have no problems whatsoever with
> >>half a dozen OSes of various flavors and it was cheap.
> >>
> >>HTH,
> >>Courtney
> >>
> >>Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>
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