henner Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hi, I use a KVM-Switch to connect 2 PCs at one Keyboard, Mouse &Monitor. I know that there are technical problems with KVM-Switches but my switch works with Knoppix, debian, Gentoo, WinXP and also with mdk 10.1. Know i've updated to Mandriva 2005. After the first time when i switch beween the systems i loose my mouse support in Mandriva. The mousecoursor stand still but the Keyboard and Monitor works. Is there a possibility to reanymate my mouse without make a reboot or restart the X-server? What is the reason than other distributions can work witch the switch but Mandriva can't? Is there a kernel patch or a trick to solve my problem? Thanks for help Henner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 It's probably because of a kernel bug and the reason other distros don't pick it up is because they configure X differently. Try playing around with different protocols for your mouse in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf - it's pretty easy to fix, although Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henner Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Thx for your help. Try playing around with different protocols for your mouse in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf - it's pretty easy to fix, although I'm not so familiar with makeing changes in xorg.conf by hand . I've a Logitech PS/2-Mouse with scrollwheel (Logitech Cordless Pilot Optical Mouse). What are the alternative protokols for this device? Henner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) What is the protocol currently set to? Reading file is much safer than editing it ;) Edited May 25, 2005 by phunni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henner Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) my current settings are: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection I've tried Option "Protocol" "PS/2" like i've seen in Knoppix but it gives the same result and kills my wheel. also: Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" and Option "Protocol" "auto" gives no better results. Are you sure that i can fix it with changes in the protocol? Henner Edited May 25, 2005 by henner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henner Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) No idea???? Are there any log-files which i can check? Henner Edited May 30, 2005 by henner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 /var/log/messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 I'll check in my xorg.conf next time I'm booted into Linux and see what mine is set to. You probably will lose the use of your wheel - this is a kernel bug and you can't completely fix it until the bug is fixed in the kernel - hopefully soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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