Christian Wahlgren wrote: > On 4/23/07, Juan C. Valido <jvalidolnx at juanyjosefina.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 07:10 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: >> > Mark Weaver wrote: >> > > Hi All, >> > > >> > > Something that just has been annoying the daylights out of me for the >> > > past 9 months with no resolution in site. I've got a Hawking HKS >> 104 4 >> > > port KVM connecting my Linux workstation, 2 servers, and my wife's >> > > windows workstation to one monitor, mouse, and keyboard. >> > > >> > > No matter how I toggle back and forth whether by keyboard or >> directly on >> > > the device once I come back to the linux desktop scroll wheel on >> mouse >> > > no longer functions. Except for a brief time while running CentOS 4.4 >> > > it's always been this way. I've googled until there were just no more >> > > places left on the internet and searched through CentOS archives >> until >> > > I'd read everything from balls to bones without finding any helpful >> > > information. >> > > >> > > Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how a fella might resolve >> > > this? When I restart the machine (Linux) the scroll mouse works >> > > normally, that is until I toggle to the windows machine and back >> again >> > > or to one of the servers and back again. Then the mouse functions >> like a >> > > two button mouse not having a scroll wheel. I appear to be stuck >> in KVM >> > > hell with this. >> > > >> > >> > I have problems, but not yours. >> > >> > 1. Replug the mouse? >> > 2. Replug everything in the KVM? Sometimes mine (Laser junk) >> requires this. >> > 3. Different mouse? >> >> I've seen that before. I had to change my KVM. The newer Belkin and >> Trendnet work. If you get a new one make sure it says that it's >> compatible with Linux or Unix, I had the same problem with Solaris 10 >> but not anymore... > > I've had the same problem with Belkin with PS/2 connections (erratic > mouse movements after switching from Windows). But after a change to > Aten KVM with USB kbd/mouse everything works as expected when > switching between Windows and Linux boxes and with working scoll wheel > on the mouse. > yeah... the overall concensus is that a different KVM and possibly a different mouse/keyboard will fix the problem, but since that is very unlikely to happen I'm going to have to find a software/OS solution. That's the biggest reason I'm now looking at what happens at boot time to allow the mouse to work correctly and then breaks and doesn't function after a KVM toggle back from Windows. Mark