[plug] Redhat + KDE + key/mon/mouse switch: mouse deconfigs?

[shayne]

Erm. XP also has that whole citrixy thing going down I think. There are lin
clients for that IIRC.(sorry late reply)
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Williams <jw at globaldial.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Redhat + KDE + key/mon/mouse switch: mouse deconfigs?


> Not quite solving the problem, but if these are networked computers,
> maybe something like VNC can save you even leaving your desk?
>
> JEff
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> Denis Brown wrote:
>
> > Dear PLUG members,
> >
> > The following from a colleague.  I have done google'ing, altavista'ing
> > and so forth.  Closest I come is the suggestion that "some cheap kvm
> > switches give this problem.  I have no idea what breed of kvm switch
> > my colleague is using but any thoughts would be valued!
> >
> > "I have 2 PC's on my desk connected with 1 keyboard/mouse/monitor via a
> > 2-port switch box (press the button to switch between boxes).
> > 1 Box in WinXP, which works fine, and the other is Redhat 7.3. If I use
> > the WinXP box for an extended period (more than an hour or so), when I
> > switch back to the Redhat box, the mouse operation is all over the
> > place, and I cannot use KDE. If I can manage to quit KDE, then re-start
> > a fresh KDE session, then the mouse is OK.
> > I have seen similar problems before when I have the wrong emulation set
> > for the mouse - but this is odd as it initially works fine. Is there a
> > timeout setting that checks mouse connectivity that might need adjusting
> > here? I am guessing that after a set time, Redhat assumes the mouse is
> > missing and drops the emulation function. When I then switch back to the
> > box, it sees hardware it knows nothing of in effect, and is unable to
> > 'plug & play'.
> > (The mouse is an MS IR Intellimouse)"
> >
> > I've seen references to timeouts and mice but only in the context of
> > 3-button emulation.   I guess one option is to forget the kvm switch
> > and just run something like VNC (server) on the XP and use the RH box
> > natively and as the VNC client for the XP.
> > TIA,
> > Denis
> >
> >
> > .
> >
>
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