[ale] KVM switch?

[Courtney Thomas]

Yes, but I should add that I use serial mice.

Courtney

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> But could non-selected machines boot up OK?
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> Courtney Thomas wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 18:33 -0400, roberth1954 at aim.com wrote:
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>>>>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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