Serious desktop/mouse problem in Gnome

[webid at cfl.rr.com (Scot L. Harris)]

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 12:54 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have just gone through a java install.
> 
> Don't know it that is the cause or just someother freeky thing.
> 
> My mouse is in total run-away mode.
> 
> Just touch it and it goes all over the place.  Things start dropping 
> and draging.   The system bar is on the top now and the action bar on the side.
> 
> If I manage to get a terminal window open and leave the mouse alone, 
> I can type.
> 
> Also <alt-cnlt-F1> gets me to display 1.
> 
> If I go back to display 0, everything is still hosed.
> 
> Any pointers?  Some mouse file out of align and too sensitive?  How I 
> fix this and reset things?
> 
> 
> HELPPPPPPP
> 

What type of KVM switch are you using?