Re: mouse and Belkin Omnicube not happy

From: Adam Hardy (adam.ant_at_cyberspaceroad.com)
Date: 03/17/05

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    Hmmm, not what I wanted to hear really :(

    The Belkin Omnicube is not that old. OK, it's not perfect, I know, but
    buying a replacement is extreme.

    The problem seems to me to be that hotplug is still working on the
    mouse, when I thought I had disabled it. Or is that the Belkin Omnicube
    doing the resynching with the mouse?

    On 17/03/05 02:54 tony mollica wrote:
    > I had a similar problem with a new install of Debian testing where the
    > mouse would not 'synchronize' when switched away from that particular
    > box and the back again. I took a chance and purchased a new KVM
    > switch, Belkin F1DJ104P 4-port, hoping that a newer switch would have
    > better mouse emulation than my old Protec KVM purchased many years
    > ago. It did and it now works fine. The new switch did the trick.
    > Might be worth it to try a newer or different switch. >
    > Adam Hardy wrote:
    >
    >> Hi All
    >>
    >> I just upgraded from RH9 to Debian with relative ease, although I am
    >> still ironing out a couple of wrinkles! :)
    >>
    >> I've got 3 computers set up to share a monitor, mouse and keybd via a
    >> Belkin Omnicube. When I switch back to debian, the mouse loses its
    >> grip on sanity. If I pull the mouse cable out of the socket and
    >> replace it, then the mouse regains its composure.
    >>
    >> I get some lost synchronisation 3 bytes etc etc error message on the
    >> console when I move the mouse, although I haven't worked out how to
    >> capture the log to quote it here.
    >>
    >> Googling dug up a email about a similar problem, but with Murphy's Law
    >> in action, there was no solution. Apparently it may have something to
    >> do with hotplug.
    >>
    >> I tried to deconfigure hotplug for the mouse, but failed. I thought if
    >> I put 'psmouse' into /etc/hotplug/blacklist, then hotplug wouldn't
    >> interfere. However it seems hotplug is still operating on the mouse
    >> even with that module quoted in blacklist.
    >>
    >> Any suggestions, anyone? (config below)
    >>
    >> Thanks
    >> Adam
    >>
    >> PS tried it with gpm too with no luck
    >>
    >> from XF86Config:
    >> Section "InputDevice"
    >> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    >> Driver "mouse"
    >> Option "CorePointer"
    >> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    >> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    >> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    >> EndSection
    >>
    >> from console:
    >> gondor:/home/adam# lsmod |grep mouse
    >> psmouse 27528 0
    >>
    >>
    > 

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