I would suggest that all who have a Belkin switch with a problem make a complaint. I had their early 4 port ps/2 & USB KVM switch and sent an email complaint - it took them like 3 months but they sent me a new design free - they may not be swift or perfect but I got the impression that they will respond. Craig On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 15:56, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > I've got a Belkin Omni View Pro 8 port. Its a poor excuse for a KVM switch regardless of O/S. I had the same problems you have until I just configured my Linux boxes as having a generic mouse (no wheel). I use a Microsoft optical mouse and a converter to take it from USB to PS2. > > This got rid of the mouse's tendency to shoot to the lower left corner. I discovered I could move up and to the right, but any movement down or left would drive the mouse pointer to the lower left immediately and possibly pop up a few applications along the way. > > If you can live without the wheel in Linux, Generic 3 button works fine on the KVM 99.9% of the time. > > Every so often, the KVM locks up on a particular port when I double press Scroll Lock to attempt to pull up the on screen menu (space bar) or just move to another screen(up or down arrow). The only thing to do is use the scan buttons on the KVM itself to switch it to another port, or you can wait a few minutes (yeah right) and it appears to reset after a while. > > Even more rare is a case where the keyboard and mouse go dead on all ports. I unplug the keyboard and mouse for a second and plug them back in to clear it. > > When I switch back to a Winders box, this set up causes whatever app has focus to scroll its display downward. To stop it, I just use the wheel in either direction to immediately halt the scroll. > > Like I said, its a poor excuse for a KVM switch. > > Bill Gradwohl > (817) 224-9400 x211 > www.ycc.com > SPAMstomper Protected Email > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
