centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:

I've chased all over google and haven't come to any satisfactory resolution on this...

today, I installed a Belkin 2-port KVM switch (with audio support & built in cabling) for my CentOS 4.2 server AND my Windows XP desktop. Now, the mouse (a USB mouse) does not work on the Linux box. However, it WILL work if I plug it directly into the CentOS box.

if I switch over to the CentOS 4 interface, before I startx, I see a display on the screen that consists of the following output:

"drivers/usb/input/mid-core.c: input irq status -84 received" (minus the quotes)

This message is repeated every few moments.

Has anyone seen/heard of something like this before?

Thanks, Ron Jones Alpharetta, GA

Ron:

I have TWO belkin 6 port KVM's hooked up in series...with 4 Linux boxes, and assortment of XP-2000 boxes inline. What I can offer is.... that when you boot up on what OS that you use (Xp, 2000 Linux etc), your KVM should be on that port during the boot process completely. SO if CentOS is port two, make sure that when you boot, your are on port two during the boot process and you can move your mouse, keyboard etc. After the booting process is over, then you can switch to port 1 (in your case).

Since I run 11 computers on my two switches, what I have seen when booting then switching to another port during the booting process, is lack of mouse control, video etc on the original port of the booting computer.

So a recap, when booting, let the boot process finish before you switch ports. Other than that, my two belkin 6 porters work like a champ! Hope that helps....

P.S. One final note (I re-read your post above) I am using the original "AT" (not PS/2 or USB) Belkin KVM's... you know the old 5 pin BIG Keyboard ports (although I am using P/S2 adapters for the smaller keyboard connectors).

...DOUG KD4MOJ

On 12/15/05, Ron Jones ron.jones@rej.us wrote:

I've chased all over google and haven't come to any satisfactory resolution on this...

today, I installed a Belkin 2-port KVM switch (with audio support & built in cabling) for my CentOS 4.2 server AND my Windows XP desktop. Now, the mouse (a USB mouse) does not work on the Linux box. However, it WILL work if I plug it directly into the CentOS box.

if I switch over to the CentOS 4 interface, before I startx, I see a display on the screen that consists of the following output:

"drivers/usb/input/mid-core.c: input irq status -84 received" (minus the quotes)

This message is repeated every few moments.

Has anyone seen/heard of something like this before?

I've got the 4 port model of that kvm, and the only problem I've had was that it didn't handle keyboard+mouse combos on a single usb cable (most wireless keyboard+mouse combos). They had a firmware patch for the kvm on the site, but it wasn't exactly a painless progress to update the firmware.

-- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center